Patrick Leahy actually said...

As long as there are two candidates fighting for the nomination when it's obvious which one is going to win, all that it does is to help the other party's nominee.

Context

Leahy argues that having two candidates in the race is detrimental to the Democratic Party's chances.

03/27/2008

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