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Common ground, not rooted in abstractions or stubborn, rigid ideologies, but shared experience, that led Ted and John McCain to work on a patient's bill of rights.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBarack Obama: “Common ground, not rooted in abstractions or stubborn, rigid ideologies, but shared experience, that led Ted and John…”
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Remarks at the Dedication of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston
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