legislator, a great family man, a great community servant and a great friend of mine. i want to thank each of you for taking my call before this meeting today when i called you to ask you to listen to what tom had to say because i think you ll be impressed with what you hear no matters how tough the question may be. i approached this introduction as if i m being asked what i would look for in someone i want to entrust with $1 trillion of my money. the future of my health care and the future of the quality of america s health care. does this man understand the american family? not only does he understand it, but his wife betty is here. betty, stand up. she ll tell you he understands the family. and his son robert is in nashville, tennessee, singing country music and he s a fine young man and i enjoy work wuths him. tom is a great family man. member of the united methodist church, active in the state