Firms with Obama ties profit from health push


	Firms with Obama ties profit from health push

Ilsadago1

8-20-2009 7:47 AM

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Ilsadago1 says:

So all the screaming about Cheney...? Don't ya just love the holier than thou attitudes?

My favorite quote of the piece:

"Friends in cahoots to engineer a grass roots result.'"

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