Yesterday, we lost one of the most influential Senators in this country's history when we lost Ted Kennedy to brain cancer. He fought a valiant fight, but as it is often the case, that fight wasn't enough. Yet, on that day, as it was the day before and the day that followed, Kennedy was just one of the 20,000 people around the world who lost their battle with cancer.
Each day, 20,000 families say good-bye to a spouse, a parent, a grand-parent, or even a child who lost their battle with cancer. That number is simply unacceptable. That number means that for every mile of the 200 that I plan on riding next month, 100 people will die of cancer. That number means that for each lap of the two-mile course that I will ride, 200 people will die of cancer.
This is a battle that we must win, for each day that we do not, we simply lose too many.
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