"Health care should not be a liberal or conservative issue, for disease, disability, and death do not recognize political affiliations. As a socially conservative Christian myself, my belief that health care is a fundamental human right, and my efforts on behalf of single payer universal health coverage stem from my faith, and not despite it. My faith calls for personal morality, but also for societal morality - how do we treat the sick amongst us, the weak amongst us, the least amongst us?" -- Sherif Emil, MD, CM Commencement Address, The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, 2010-06-05