In Newton Iowa, Lance Armstrong with the wife of Iowa Governor Vilsack at his side called for the end of cancer by declaring war on the disease that kills thousands. Speaking to almost 20,000 RAGBRAI bike riders and Newton residents, he received cheers from enthusiastic fans, but it was his serious tone about his personal war with cancer and as he said "we have 9/11's every three days" with the amount of people killed by cancer.
He acknowledged his public hearing with Senator Harkin on Friday as the start of a significant effort by him to put pressure on the 2008 Presidential Candidates as a result of Iowa's prominence in the Presidential Selection process.
TV crews were eagerly catching his every word, and TAMPAGOLD.com will have his entire speech available for our readers by early next week.
It was clearly a love fest from his bike riding fans but it was mostly his personal challenge to make increasing funding for research for cancer solutions through the Iowa caucuses a significant issue in the elections that was the message of the day.
It was not missed by the many riders that had seen Lance ride with this part of the day, that he would ride again on Day 5 - and he did. Additionally, he promised to be at next year's RAGBRAI as a rider too.
Lance Armstrong for President ? While that does not seem to be the plan, the speech and tone of his priority to increased funding to eliminate cancer almost sounded like it.
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