But the fact of the matter is that some of the prescriptions that he's offered, like letting you buy insurance across state lines, there's no indication that that somehow is going to help somebody who's got a pre-existing condition be able to finally buy insurance.
To not be able to help somebody who's screaming, it was awful".
"That, to me, is something that people need to think about because it's a shame if you don't get the opportunity to use a heart, or a set of lungs or kidneys, to help somebody who's either leading a terrible life or might even die from their disease".
It's an easy way to help somebody and possibly save somebody's life".
"Why not share their stories and their human frailties to try to help somebody?" Mr. Thomas's guilty plea in August 2007, less than two years after Hurricane Katrina, shocked the city.
Her set included jazz standards, bossa novas, an unaccompanied spiritual ("If I Can Help Somebody," from Mahalia Jackson's repertory), an easy-swaying version of the Temptations hit "Just My Imagination" and her own gospelly, optimistic "Best Times".
"It's nice to be able to use God's gift to help somebody".
At the same time "you want to help somebody, not put them in harm's way".
