That's what hundreds of people in Lincoln did Wednesday night in Lincoln, as they rallied in support of quality, affordable health care for all Americans. The scene at the event, held by Change that Works Nebraska, AARP, Organizing for America and other organizations, was charged with hope.

Everyday, the sheer injustice of our broken health care system becomes more apparent. By now, you've heard the numbers - 44,000 Americans losing their insurance every week, hundreds dying every year because they can ill afford the care they desperately need.

These numbers, however, do not reflect the greater measure of the injustice perpetrated by our broken system. These numbers fail to measure the dreams deferred and denied because of medical catastrophe; the homes cast aside because of medical bankruptcy; the families torn asunder thanks to the unequaled ungenerosity of a system that places profits before people.

To a man and woman, tonight's speakers asked for nothing more than the chance to continue perfecting the union we began to forge over eleven score years ago. The women and men that I heard tonight weren't asking for special dispensation; they were only asking that the country that we love and labor for have the capacity to care for those of us who enter the twilight and shadows of life.