DOMENICI AND HIS WIFE SPENT YEARS FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS ... BOTH HERE IN NEW MEXICO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. JEFF MAHER IS HERE TO SHOW US HOW THE SENATOR HELPED TO IMPROVE CARE FOR THOSE PATIENTS. JEFF. ONE OF THE SENATOR'S MOST NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS ALSO ONE THAT CONTINUES TO DRAW CONTROVERSY - GIVING THE MENTALLY ILL THE SAME ACCESSIBILITY TO HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AS ANYONE ELSE. 'well of course it's a great loss for the state of New Mexico, he's been a wonderful role model and a leader in many ways for us' DR. PAUL HOPKINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS SENATOR PETE DOMENICI WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR HELPING MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS IN NEW MEXICO AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 'and now this year he and Senator Kennedy have worked together to bring a new mental health parity law into effect' THE MENTAL HEALTH PARITY ACT OF 2007 WAS CO- SPONSORED BY SENATOR DOMENICI. IT...