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Barack Obama: Every time we are in sight of health insurance reform, the special interest fight back with everything they've got. They…

On the recordAugust 20, 2009
Every time we are in sight of health insurance reform, the special interest fight back with everything they've got. They use their influence, they ran their ads and their political allies try to scare the heck out of everybody.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama highlights the resistance from special interest groups against health insurance reform.

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