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David Axelrod: “If the Republican nominee wants to argue that we should take those away, we say, let's have that debate right now.”

On the recordMarch 4, 2012
If the Republican nominee wants to argue that we should take those away, we say, let's have that debate right now.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod discusses the benefits of the health care plan and challenges the Republican nominee to debate its merits.

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