a good analogy. back when medicare first was passed, there was a tremendous anxiety. i think ronald reagan called it a great socialist experiment, a popular program. and very efficient one. you have conservative republicans protecting medicare saying keep the government out of my medicare not making the connections it is a government program. part of this, by the way, a serious part of this is just the information that need to really get out there. it is already -- way behind in terms of the, really, flooding the public with, with important information about this. >> let's listen to what the president said today about some very, very rich republican billionaires trying to convince people not to participate in this new health care program. some of taet party's biggest donors, well thooes men in