Dems have no excuse for health care failure


	Dems have no excuse for health care failure

masbury

6-25-2009 11:12 PM

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democrats, healthcare

masbury says:

But many - Landrieu, Baucus, Conrad, Feinstein - may be too beholden to the insurance and pharma lobbies to vote for real reform.

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