For me, one of the biggest issues of this campaign is health care. I believe Obama will do his best to push through a reform of our health care system, which right now works only for those who are either healthy or who are able to get jobs with companies big enough to be able to offer an affordable (well, relatively affordable) health care plan that won't ditch you if you get sick by raising your rates beyond what you could realistically pay. I still don't get how McCain's proposal is going to help anyone...'splain it to me please? He's going to tax health care benefits, and give folks a $5,000 credit towards buying health care? If you've got any kind of preexisting condition $5,000 is a drop in the bucket.

'Compassionate Conservatism' just won't address huge social issues like the health care crisis in our country. People should not be put in the position of having to beg their doctor or dentist to give them a break on their treatments so they won't have to choose between putting food on the table or getting medical attention. That only works in a very, very limited number of individual cases. We need a system where all of us can access medical care affordably and with dignity. Other countries in the developed world have that. Why can't we?