Bamberg: I Totally Agree with Sanders, Healthcare Is the Right of Every American

SCARBOROUGH: “Representative, we have heard a lot of people say that Sanders is not going to be doing as well in South Carolina as Iowa and New Hampshire. Do you think that there are just a lot of people in South Carolina that don’t know Bernie Sanders as well as those who are supporting him in New Hampshire?”
BAMBERG: “Name recognition is very big. It’s no secret here in South Carolina and in the South in general that the Clinton name rings a bell with a lot of voters. What you’re seeing over time is that the harder Bernie works, the more he works, the more voters he touches, his name I.D. is going up. And along with that, you see his polling numbers going up. So the next few weeks will be extremely important, but Bernie can do it.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Mike Barnicle."
BARNICLE: “So representative Bamberg, once you educated yourself as to Mr. Sanders’ positions, you changed your mind on him and decided to support him. So which positions specifically made you make that choice in contrast to where you had been with Hillary Clinton? What positions specifically caused you to change your mind?”
BAMBERG: “One of the things I liked about Bernie the most is that he is extremely bold. He’s not meek, he is not quiet about things that he is passionate about. He also does not have the conventional way of thinking about things or what you would call the status quo approach. That’s one of the most attractive things I think about Bernie Sanders’ candidacy. He also makes it very clear his stance on healthcare. He believes that healthcare is a right to every American citizen and I wholeheartedly agree with that. You know, when you hear from me you’re hearing from someone who represents a very poor and very rural district. Just last week the second hospital of two closed down. Healthcare is a very real issue that needs to be addressed. There is a host of things that I find enticing about Senator Sanders and, you know, underlying it all is his passion. People think Bernie Sanders is trustworthy. When I talk with voters, when I speak with people about Senator Sanders one of the things that they say about him is they feel like he is an honest candidate.”