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On the recordMay 15, 2012
I think -- first, let me just say, John Boehner's a patriotic American, he's a good man, he's a good congressman. He leads his party ably. But what he is proposing is to purposefully damage our country, to take the full faith and credit of our nation to the brink.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala criticizes John Boehner's approach to the debt ceiling, arguing it risks harming the country.

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