At a recent forum before nurses and other health care professionals, he was asked if he supported a single-payer system.

More than 300 people turned out for the most recent forum, held in Massapequa on Jan. 19.

He denies the charges, but when asked about them in detail at a recent forum, he seemed flustered and uncertain.

"That's one of the greatest frustrations of the last five years, to see this stuff," he said at a recent forum in Washington.

Mr. Spindler, the chief executive, has sounded discouraged in recent public forums.

Take a recent forum in Las Vegas on health care.

At a recent forum on aging, held in my church, a woman in her 30's spoke of the high stress under which she is living.

"Connecticut ranks dead last in the country, 50th of all 50 states, in return on our dollars from Washington," he told voters at a recent forum.

At a recent forum, she said the party is under new leadership and she accentuated her work with various community groups.

At a recent open forum, a young man told him, "My mother says she will leave the Philippines if you are elected."