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On the recordJune 20, 2010
I guess he must have felt that it was time for him to go and to go for a nice sail on an ocean that BP has yet to despoil.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Markey comments on BP CEO Tony Hayward's decision to attend a yacht race during the crisis.

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