the affordable care act. obamacare would not have happened without the legislative wizardry of harry reid. and barack obama is not the only president to have benefited from harry reid. george w. bush, and there is no love lost between those men. george w. bush and harry reid worked together to deal with the great recession. it was a democratic congress that passed the bush administration s approach to the great recession, and harry reid was there doing what he felt was necessary for the nation at a very difficult time. president joe biden called reid one of the all-time great senate majority leaders, and for harry it wasn t about power for power sake. it was about the power to do right for the people. on tuesday, barack obama shared a recent letter he sent to reid. i wouldn t have president been president had it not been for your encourage 789 and support. i wouldn t have got done most of what i got done without your skill and determination. and republican house speaker
majority leaders. and for harry, it wasn t about power for power s sake. it was about the power to do right for the people. reid also helped propel barack obama to the white house. on tuesday, obama shared a recent letter he sent to reid. in it, he said, quote, i wouldn t have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support. and i wouldn t have got most of what i got done without your skill and determination. cnn s dana bash now on the legacy of harry reid. reporter: he led democrats in the senate for a decade, but harry reid called one of his proudest accomplishments the impact he had on presidential history, encouraging barack obama to run. i did call him into my office and told him he should take a look at it. he was stunned because i was the first one that ever suggested that to him. when he was re-elected, that was one of the most moving phone calls i ve ever received because he said, you know, you re the
think is beyond debate is that it was essential for barack obama to have harry reid as a partner during the debate over the affordable care act. obamacare would not have happened without the legislative wizardry of harry reid, and barack obama s not the only president to have benefited from harry reid. george w. bush and there s no love lost between those men. george w. bush and harry reid worked together to deal with the great recession. it was a democratic congress that passed the bush administration s approach to the great recession, and harry reid was there doing what he felt was necessary for the nation at a very difficult time. obama was new to the presidency, and he needed someone like reid in effect to mentor him, to help him along, to help him navigate the very you know, the complexities of the senate and the house. he did very, very well with that, and i think harry reid will always be remembered as the father of obamacare. at the same time, one can t
do everything we can to make schools safer. that means improving ventilation, aggressively trying to get as many children vaccinated as possible, and to make testing possible as well. i think one of the things that we risk is teachers and school staff absences, making it really different to deliver education. so at this point i would not advocate for schools closing, but we ve got a lot of work to do to make schools safer. yeah, and not a lot of days ahead in order to do it. i really appreciate your perspective there. thank you. thank you. now, longtime nevada senator harry reid has passed away at the age of 82. he served as the democratic minority and majority leader during his decades in the u.s. senate. reid succumbed to pancreatic cancer on tuesday. now, famous for his bluntness, he told the new york times as soon as you discover you have something on your pancreas, you re dead. he went into remission and lived another two years thankfully. president joe biden called reid o