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Peter Welch: “Sometimes you got to forget about principle and just do the right thing.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2014
Sometimes you got to forget about principle and just do the right thing.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Welch reflects on advice about prioritizing action over strict principles.

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