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Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· Nov 15, 2007

Shouldn't there be some minimal accountability? That's all we're asking.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Nov 15, 2007

He talks a lot about stepping up and taking responsibility and taking strong positions. But when it came time to step up and decide whether or not he would support universal health care coverage, he chose not to do that.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Nov 15, 2007

When Senator Edwards ran in 2004, he wasn't for universal health care. I'm glad he is now. But for him to be throwing this mud and making these charges, I think really detracts from what we're trying to do here tonight.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Nov 15, 2007

But when somebody starts throwing mud, at least we can hope that it's both accurate and not right out of the Republican playbook.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Nov 15, 2007

Hell no. I wouldn't support any of these guys. No, I'm joking. Of course. I'd support them all.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Nov 14, 2007

The American people don't give a darn about any of this stuff that's going on up here.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Nov 14, 2007

I'm not exploiting anything at all. I'm not playing, as some people say, the gender card here in Las Vegas. I'm just trying to play the winning card. And I understand very well that people are not attacking me because I'm a woman. They're…

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Nov 14, 2007

I believe that the Bush administration has allowed this situation to worsen and fester, because they won't have any diplomatic relations of any sort with Iran. So what I would do is to immediately begin that kind of negotiation. And I…

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Nov 14, 2007

I'm perfectly comfortable leaving these assessments up to the American people to make their judgments among us.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Nov 14, 2007

When it came time to step up and decide whether or not he would support universal health care coverage, he chose not to do that. His plan would leave 15 million Americans out.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Nov 14, 2007

I respect all of my colleagues on this stage. And, you know, we're Democrats, and we're trying to nominate the very best person we can to win.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Nov 14, 2007

They're not attacking me because I'm a woman. They're attacking me because I'm ahead.

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