Reply #81: You don't know the first thing about Kerry - after Hillary bombed, he and

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Kennedy took the parts of the bill that they thought they could rescue and tweaked it into SCHIP bill that extended health coverage for most children. It passed.

He never stopped fighting for the healthcare plan he crafted during his campaign, and submitted his Kid's First health plan and has been going around the country for over a year to sell it directly to the people first, and also has put up billboards promoting the plan in GOP districts targeting GOP congressional leaders.

He hasn't stopped, and instead he keeps raising the volume - he's not backing down - if you knew Kerry you would know he doesn't "back down for rich people" as you claim.

Kerry at HuffPo:

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Hearing both of them today reminded me why -- as long I'm in public service myself -- I'm determined to get health care right for our country. I fought hard for a health care plan I believed in when I ran for President. One of my biggest disappointments about losing the election was that we couldn't send our health care plan to Congress in the first 100 Days of a Democratic Administration. The learning gained from getting knocked on your ass in defeat is not my favorite way to gain insight and knowledge but it is an event in life that sticks with you. You are forced to confront your shortcomings, you have to figure out what you did wrong, you have to listen and you have to commit yourself to change. In defeat you also learn what really matters to you. And in defeat I was reminded that as lousy as it felt to lose, life's a hell of a lot harder for the working father who wakes up every day without health care for his kids. Life's a lot harder for the mom who is afraid to let her kids go outside to play in case they get hurt and she ends up with a medical bill she can't handle. So no matter what anyone thinks, I thought I had an obligation to dust myself off and fight for those families again.
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