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John Edwards calls on us to hope. I have made a solemn pledge that I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premiums by up to $2500 a year. And right here in the UCC, we're hearing from God about what it means to be a welcoming church that holds on to our Christian witness. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight.
They're looking to relieve a chronic loneliness. We can recognize the truth that's at the heart of the UCC: that the conversation is not over; that our roles are not defined; that through ancient texts and modern voices, God is still speaking, challenging us to change not just our own lives, but the world around us. I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. But it is where we start. But we will support a secure and united Iraq as a partner, and never as a patron.
But somehow, somewhere along the way, faith stopped being used to bring us together and started being used to drive us apart. I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country. But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time. I just think he doesn't know. America, our work will not be easy.
The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. Not just with words, but with deeds - by investing in our schools and our communities; by enforcing our civil rights laws and ensuring fairness in our criminal justice system; by providing this generation with ladders of opportunity that were unavailable for previous generations. Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one's religion. That is why we are forging service projects in America that bring together Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
They're ready to turn the page on the old politics and the old policies - whether it's the war in Iraq or the health care crisis we're in, or a school system that's leaving too many kids behind despite the slogans. That promise is our greatest inheritance. That's why we're partnering with a coalition of forty-six countries.
Thank you, and God bless America.