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Arlen Specter: “Well, I do not know how the Senator from New York can say there is a defect in judgment when I have not asserted…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2003
Well, I do not know how the Senator from New York can say there is a defect in judgment when I have not asserted anything yet. All I asked, Mr. President, was a question as to whether he considered Arlen Specter a far right extremist militant. And he said, no, but sometimes there are lapses in my judgment. I will ask a followup question to the Senator from New York. In the absence of any assertion or statement of judgment, where are the lapses in my judgment at the moment?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Questioning a colleague's judgment during a Senate debate.

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