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Campaign Issues: Obama and McCain say they can cure what ails American health care | Jamie Dean

Fifth in a series examining presidential candidates' positions on campaign issues

When Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., stood before a small crowd at the Duchossis Center for Advanced Medicine in Chicago this month, the eight-term congressman who easily defeated Barack Obama for a House seat in 2000 had a different victory on his mind: With labored speech, Rush spoke of his five-month battle with a rare form of jaw cancer.

Doctors recently declared Rush cancer-free, but the 61-year-old congressman wonders how he would have fared without his federal health-care insurance. "I am a member of Congress, and I have access to the best medical care in the nation," said Rush. "I can't be satisfied until every American has access to this same kind of care."

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