On the recordMarch 3, 2010
It sounds like what you're saying is that you can chrome- plate a pig, but it's still a pig when you're done.
W. Todd Akin: “It sounds like what you're saying is that you can chrome- plate a pig, but it's still a pig when you're done.”
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The speaker is using a metaphor to critique superficial changes that do not alter the fundamental nature of an issue.
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