Senator Bernie Sanders backs Dean for HHS post

By GottaLaff

(And no, I didn't write up this post just so you'd get another look at this photo)

Unfortunately, Howard Dean most likely won't be the nominee for HHS, but thank you anyway, Bernie:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the latest lawmaker to back Howard Dean, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for secretary of Health and Human Services. [...]

“Governor Dean understands, as you do, that all Americans are entitled to health care as a right of citizenship, and that we must pay far more attention to the needs of our children if we are to have a healthy and prosperous society," Sanders wrote in the letter. “As you well know, reforming our health care system will not be easy. It will take somebody with determination and focus to lead that effort. I think that Howard Dean is that person.”

Sanders joins Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Reps. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) in endorsing Dean for the post. [...]

Dean and Sanders have not been lifelong political allies. [...]

A Facebook group , "Appoint Howard Dean to HHS!", has nearly 5,000 members.