Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/economic-health-care-plans-touted-in-swing-states Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Sens. John McCain, Barack Obama and their running mates campaigned in hotly contested states at the week's end while attacking each other's health care platforms and wealth redistribution proposals. Ray Suarez reports on the efforts to shore up votes. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: What the candidates were up to today. Ray Suarez has our report. RAY SUAREZ: Democratic nominee Barack Obama returned to Virginia today, trying to build on recent polls that show him ahead in a state that hasn't supported a Democrat for president in more than 40 years. SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-Ill.): I'm pretty sure that America is ready for change; I'm sure Virginia is ready for change. RAY SUAREZ: Speaking in Roanoke, Obama focused on health care. He said John McCain would pay for his health care plan by cutting funding for Medicare. SEN. BARACK OBAMA: … $882 billion in Medicare cuts to pay for an ill-conceived, badly-thought-through health care plan that won't provide more health care to people, even though Medicare is already facing a looming shortfall.If you count on Medicare, it would mean fewer places to get care and less freedom to choose your own doctors. You'll pay more for your drugs; you'll receive fewer services; you'll get lower quality care. I don't think that's right.