ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Maybe it was the ride on Air Force One.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: Maybe it was the help that President Obama got on Monday from this crowd in Ohio.</s>Unidentified Man: Vote yes.</s>President BARACK OBAMA: Did you hear that, Dennis? Go on, say that again.</s>Unidentified Man: Vote yes.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Vote yes, they were saying. And today, Democratic congressman Dennis Kucinich announced that he will vote yes on the president's health-care bill, though it was hardly an enthusiastic endorsement.</s>Representative DENNIS KUCINICH (Democrat, Ohio): I have doubts about the bill. I do not think it is a step toward anything I've supported in the past. This is not the bill I wanted to support.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: In a news conference on Capitol Hill, Kucinich spoke of the hardships his constituents face, of his own struggle with Crohn's disease, and of the historic nature of this vote.</s>Representative DENNIS KUCINICH (Democrat, Ohio): This is a defining moment for whether or not we'll have any opportunity to move off square one on the issue of health care.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Asked whether his decision would sway any other liberal Democrats still on the fence, the vegan, antiwar, single-payer-backing congressman had this to say.</s>Representative DENNIS KUCINICH (Democrat, Ohio): Well, if I can vote for this bill, there's not many people who shouldnt be able to support it.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said Wednesday he will support the health care overhaul bill two days after he was personally lobbied by President Obama. Kucinich said he will vote for the legislation though he still has doubts about it.