I am leaving because I have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer the Democratic leadership a health care bill that's going to destroy this country my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it became – what it campaigned against.
And this administration and this House leadership have said quote-unquote they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots.
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That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.