ominous report from the cdc. five men in los angeles with a mysterious new disease. all five eventually died, and all they had in common was a trashed immune system. they didn t know each other. they had no apparent connection. we now know they had aids. since then, it s killed nearly 30 million people. 34 million more are living with hiv. that s the virus that causes aids. more than a million of them are in this country alone. this week i was part of an event to raise awareness and try to better fight back against hiv and aids. the beginning of the end of aids, i like the way that sounds. i like the way that sounds when i first heard it. i like the idea that while some problem in d.c. seem at times too big, this devastating disease we can tackle. we can put hiv/aids on the run so to speak. the beginning of the end of aids is something that allows us to stand at that most perfect union of audacity and achieve ability. think about what is audacious, what is achievable. that in