do with health care reform. >> he felt so outraged that people could be dismissed simply because they didn't have the finances to get lifesaving care. >> and as long as i am a voice in the united states senate it's going to be for that democratic platform plank that provides decent quality of health care for all americans as a matter of right and not of privilege. >> he began to devoted himself to that cause but there was still feeling that he would run for president one day. >> after 16 years in the senate ted sees his chance to aim for the white house. >> 1979 is an extraordinarily important moment in the history of the united states. you have the after effects of the islamic revolution in iran. americans are taken hostage in