line shape up on capitol hill the way it has. you mentioned the health care bill. the key amendment was tom from new jersey. he has been to his credit doing a town hall this week although sometimes he might have second thoughts. this is what you did to us. in this district, you do not listen. and when 17% of the population said don t do it, you did it. this man is correct when he said you brought it back from death. my concern is what s going to happen to them when they re 17, 18, 20, 30, 40, 50 and they re denied health care baurs our state of new jersey is losing jobs at an alarming rate and medicaid has skyrocketed. members of congress don t wish on the bill they wish was in front of them. they re voting on the bill in front of them.
especially catholics who use contraception. i think both high pocket the cease are true. they ve taken such positions they they ve opened up a space for the democrats. let s be clear. i agree with stanley. the situation is different on abortion and gay rights for example because on abortion, the position of the people has been largely the same. on gay rights it s been moving and changing more rapidly than on anywhere of the social issues we ve seen in memory. there s been a tremendous shift and it s a generation shift but it s also a shift within generations. people under 35, what s the issue with gay marriage, why do we care about it? obviously it should be allowed. but the people as a whole this is a long-term shift. as people know it was famously mentioned that justice blackman, i think, on the day of the baurs decision which said which allowed laws against consensual sodomy, against being