but for us democrats, obamacare is a badge of honor. because, no matter you who are, what stage of life you are in, this law is a good thing. first, if you already have insurance you like, you can keep it. insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover americans with pre-existing conditions. that s what exchange looks like. more than 5 million seniors have already saved monotheir prescription drugs. and almost 33 million have benefitted from free preventive services. the president has cracked down hard on medicare and health care fraud, recovering a record-breaking $10.7 billion over 3 years, protecting our senior citizens. that s what change looks like. this law gives tax credits to 360 small businesses so they can give their employees health
anti-immigrant i don t want to get off on a discussion here, if people enforce the law, how is that anti-immigrant? my grandfather came here at the early turn of the last century with $40 in his pocket. he came here legally. is it wrong to ask the people to come legally? no. but it is wrong to usurp the federal power, the constitution, as arizona did, and take a position that is in contrast the federal government wasn t enforcing the law. which was racially profiling. the supreme court has turned that down. i think we are a nation of laws. winge we need comprehensive imfwraigz, a plan that says to the 12 million, have you to earn a path forward to legalization. we have to enhance border security. we have to penalize those let me ask you this, was it wise for the democratic party in 2004 in their platform, god was meptionzed seven times. last year, the word god-given potential was removed from this
[cheering] they taught him the values of hard work and responsibility and fairness. that s why president obama believes that if you work hard and play by the rules, you deserve the security of health care. governor romney, congressman ryan and the republican colleagues say it s everyone for themselves. and that s fundamentally the choice in this election. between republicans who only fight for the favored few or a president who fights for the middle class, between a nation whose politics play on the worst of our fears and a nation whose law reflects the best of our values, 47 years ago, my dad watched president johnson sign medicare into law. that day, president johnson said, few people have the courage to stake reputation and position and the effort of a lifetime on such a cause when there are so few that share it.