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Of health care reform, Senator Kennedy wrote in Newsweek just last month: "For four decades I have carried this cause--from the floor of the United States Senate to every part of this country. It has never been merely a question of policy; it goes to the heart of my belief in a just society.”

Will you pick up the torch and carry the cause onward?

Join us this Tuesday, September 1, as we pay tribute to Senator Kennedy’s legacy on health care reform, which Kennedy called “the cause of my life.”

WHAT:  Tribute to Senator Kennedy: Health Care Rally and Action Fair
WHERE: The Lausche building at the Ohio Expo Center – Ohio State Fairgrounds, 717 E. 17th Ave., Columbus, OH 43211
WHEN: Tuesday, September 1, 7 PM
SPEAKERS: Senator Sherrod Brown, Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola, SEIU nurse Barb Montgomery, US Action President William McNary, Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, and Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman

We will gather to eulogize Senator Kennedy by not only hearing from great speakers who have led the way on making his vision a reality, but also with action tables where attendees can do everything from writing letters to the editor on the spot, to telling their health care story on camera, to sending postcards to their representatives in Washington.

"I'm looking forward to being a foot soldier in this undertaking," Kennedy said last March. "This time we will not fail."

Rest in peace, Senator Kennedy - in the knowledge that we will not rest until we win quality, affordable healthcare for all.

We are told that Barack Obama believes too much in an America of high principle and bold endeavor, but when John Kennedy called of going to the moon, he didn't say it's too far to get there. We shouldn't even try. 
 
Our people answered his call and rose to the challenge, and today an American flag still marks the surface of the moon. 
 
Yes, we are all Americans. This is what we do. We reach the moon. We scale the heights. I know it. I've seen it. I've lived it. And we can do it again.

There is a new wave of change all around us, and if we set our compass true, we will reach our destination -- not merely victory for our party, but renewal for our nation.

And this November the torch will be passed again to a new generation of Americans, so with Barack Obama and for you and for me, our country will be committed to his cause. The work begins anew. The hope rises again. And the dream lives on.