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"Mother"

Date: September 20, 2007

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Script:

BARACK OBAMA: My mother died of cancer at 53.

In those last painful months, she was more worried about paying her medical bills than getting well. I hear stories like hers every day.

For 20 years, Washington's talked about health care reform and reformed nothing.

(Text on screen: Read the Health Care Plan; Iowa.BarackObama.com/Healthcare)

I've got a plan to cut costs and cover everyone. But unless we stop the bickering and the lobbyists, we'll be in the same place 20 years from now.

I'm Barack Obama, and I approve this message because to fix health care, we have to fix Washington.

(Text on screen: Obama08; Iowa.BarackObama.com; Paid For By Obama For America)