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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
If you did not call that Obamacare, everybody in this country would think that was a good idea.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse argues that the name 'Obamacare' unfairly taints public perception of health care reforms.

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