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Joe Lieberman: “Would you really, because you couldn't get everything you want, stop this extraordinary reform?”

On the recordDecember 14, 2009
Would you really, because you couldn't get everything you want, stop this extraordinary reform?
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Lieberman challenges those on the left who might vote against health care reform if it doesn't meet all their demands.

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