But yeah, if you could maybe share with us and kind of dig down and unpack some of these core philosophies, political philosophies, like who you are, how do you look at the world, how do you look at these issues? What would you say are those tenets, those political tenets that are key to you?

Well, I was raised in a family where I was taught that the best thing that you can do with your life is to help other people.

My mom was very active in our church and she did a lot of supporting causes, helping people who had greater needs than we did, committing yourself to volunteering and public service.

She was on the school board in our town and president of the school committee.

My father, he was a physician as well.

Going back even a step before that, his parents immigrated to Massachusetts, to Waltham.

from Italy and didn't speak English.

What kind of role does the state have in dealing with the affordability of health care?