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On the recordMay 10, 2012
You know, I guess so. Look, things happened in the '60s that certainly wouldn't be acceptable now, this being one of them.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville discusses the relevance of past actions of candidates and suggests that societal norms have changed since the 1960s.

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