In political news, John McCain and Barack Obama are putting aside politics on Thursday, September 11th.
They will make a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of 911.

In a statement, the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees say they want to honor the victims and renew the sense of unity the country felt in the wake of the attacks.

Meanwhile, with both the Republican and Democratic Conventions over candidates are trying to get their names and issues to the voting public.

Retiring congressman Ray LaHood threw his support behind a state representative hopeful touting her experience in the field of health care.

This comes as an anti–Bush Tour made a pit stop in another part of Peoria slamming the President.

From Federal to state political races, health care is a hot topic in this year's elections.

Even in the River City, the future of health care in America is getting a lot of attention.
At an endorsement announcement for State Representative hopeful Joan Krupa,Retiring Congressman Ray LaHood touted her background as a CEO of the Heartland Community Clinic: a key selling point in her campaign.

"This clinic that's here on Wisconsin Ave serves so many people on the east bluff that don't have insurance but need access to health care", said LaHood.

Krupa herself says access to health care is necessary.

She said, "The theme of my candidacy is building a healthy community."

On the other side of the river city people also got on board the Bush Legacy Bus and were informed of important issues such as health care.

The Bush Legacy Tour Press Secretary, Julie Blust said, "Health care is you know certainly the most important issue because it affects people's pocketbooks their general health care and well being and we talk to people in every city we go to who don't have health insurance or if they do they end up paying outrageous premiums and co–pays that they can't even afford."

Health care is just one of the issues addressed during the Bush Legacy Tour.
The group 'Americans' United for Change' is taking the bus across the United States explaining their views on the Bush Administration's policies.

Blust added, "History will look at what happened over the last 8 years one way or another and we want to look at it while this is still going on while there is still 47 million Americans without insurance while the Iraq war is still going on."

The next election is about the future it's not about the past. We have two candidates who have little or nothing to do with President Bush and that's what the American People are looking at.

As we approach the November Election, we will likely hear more about health care as candidates lay out their plans.