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John Kerry: If you consider saying something nasty to be pointing out to Americans that the Bush administration took a Medicare bill…

On the recordFebruary 16, 2004
If you consider saying something nasty to be pointing out to Americans that the Bush administration took a Medicare bill for seniors and turned it into a $139 billion giveaway to the drug industry that forbids Medicare from even negotiating a bulk purchase price and forbids seniors for importing lower-cost drugs from Canada, if that's considered too nasty, then we're going to have a long campaign.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kerry defends his criticism of the Bush administration's Medicare policies.

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