Congressman Rush Holt (D-New Jersey) is running for U.S. Senate.

And he’s for a single payer system.

He’s come out with a video making the argument for single payer.

On his web site, Holt argues that “America’s health care system is one of our greatest strengths and one of our greatest liabilities.”

“Our doctors are capable of providing the very best care in the world,” Holt says.

“Our pharmaceutical companies have created miracle drugs that no other nation could have conceived. Yet we pay far more for health care than any other nation on the planet, with no measurable payoff in lives prolonged or health improved.”

“Worse, we leave millions of our citizens uninsured – an appalling situation that is only partially addressed by the Affordable Care Act.”

“This state of affairs is nonsensical, morally reprehensible, and financially wasteful.”

“The fact is, there is a proven, effective way to hold down the cost of health care – a method embraced by many nations throughout the world, and a method that the United States has already implemented successfully for our senior citizens through Medicare.  That method is simple:  single-payer, universal health care.”

“I have long supported Medicare for all, and I will fight in the Senate to advance the day when America has truly universal access to health care.”