Patrick Leahy actually said...

debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.

Context

Leahy references a Supreme Court ruling emphasizing the importance of open debate.

02/22/2010

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