Doing Justice In Health Care Reform

Last week I had the opportunity to watch part of the Health Care Summit hosted by President Obama. I had high hopes for the outcome of the day but was very disappointed to see that no one in the room was willing to give up rhetoric for substance.

In my recent book The Character of Leadership: An Ancient Model for A Quantum Age I suggested that doing Justice as a leader was "doing the right thing even when it is difficult and costly." Health care reform is difficult and the changes probably should be incremental rather than the sweeping change now on the table. Regardless of the scope I am looking for leaders that will roll up their sleeves and begin negotiating reform even if it costs them the support of their party and their voters.

Ladies and gentlemen do justice to this important issue.