Dean says 'enough' on Limbaugh

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By Christina Bellantoni

"This has to get done," Mr. Dean said, or major corporations may not survive.

In addition, a health care system would drastically help small businesses, he said.

He said Medicare for all would be a good solution since "people like it," and "it works."

"It's ridiculous to say care would be inferior," said Mr. Dean, who was a family practice physician in Vermont and later the state's governor. "It's perfectly good for the millions and millions of people over 65 in this country."

Mr. Dean said the fight would be between the "conservatives and insurance companies" and the rest of the nation.

He predicted moderate Republicans like the ones who already crossed the aisle to support Mr. Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus plan would want to help on health care.

"Political leadership will get it," he said. "Voters want this."

Mr. Dean said he couldn't talk about the alternative energy projects he's working on, but hinted at some top secret news on a "breakthrough" he is working to get into the Defense Department: "There are some extraordinary inventions out there being moved forward."

But he was most excited about a potential new project harnessing ideas he championed as governor - helping children from birth to age three - and saying that early age is crucial to determining how a child will perform in school the rest of their lives.

The "Baby College" idea encourages poor families to attend parenting groups to learn basic skills like reading to children, keeping fathers engaged and in some cases offering adult literacy courses.