Most of us don't have the time to become experts on every issue that comes before Congress. That's why we have to trust our representatives and senators to do what we would do if we had the opportunity to study the issue in question. In this case, the issue is health care reform and the person I am choosing to trust is Senator Sherrod Brown, D-OH.
Now, to some extent, this choice is based on personal experience. I have known Senator Brown on a casual basis since 1976. He has always struck me as a sincere and thoughtful person. It's not that I always agree with him, because I don't. It's that I know that he reaches his position after study and thought.
I also know that his heart is in the right place. By that I mean that he sincerely cares about those less fortunate than him and he wants to do the right thing by them. He cares about the middle class and he cares about American workers and their families.
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