Bernie Sanders Defends Likability, Touts Free Healthcare

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is defending his campaign style and brushing back on criticisms that he is not being personable enough.

"Of course people have a right to know about who you are as a person, and your family and your life — I think sometimes the media goes overboard on that and does not pay enough attention to what you are trying to do to transform the country," Sanders said on "Good Morning America."

"The issues I talk about are health care for all people. You know, you may like me or you may not like me, but the truth of the matter is every American is entitled to health care as a human right."

Sanders, who is running for president four years after his White House bid ended prematurely, was responding to questions that he does not share enough about himself.

Sanders trails former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic race for president, while Sens. Kamal Harris-D-Calif., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., are close behind.

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