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Eric Massa: I was set up for this from the very, very beginning. If you think that somehow they didn't come after me to get rid of…

On the recordMarch 8, 2010
I was set up for this from the very, very beginning. If you think that somehow they didn't come after me to get rid of me because my vote is the deciding vote in the health care bill, then ladies and gentlemen, you live today in a world that is so innocent as to not to understand what's going on in Washington, D.C.
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Eric Massa
New York

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Eric Massa claims he was pressured out of Congress by fellow Democrats due to his opposition to the health care reform bill.

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