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This week, the AP did a "fact check" story on Obama's claim that health-insurance premiums will drop if his reform becomes law.
Earlier this week, Rep. Paul Hodes refused to condemn his own party's use of the sort of legislative shenanigans he used to rail against when Republicans had power in Congress. But process is substance. Case in point: New Hampshire's new LLC tax.
For Hodes and Shea-Porter, a vote to pass the health-care reform bill is a vote to accept the special deals and the strong-arm tactics that got it this far.
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IN A SWINDLE that would make Bernie Madoff look like an amateur, Barack Obama has gotten a substantial segment of the population to believe that he can add millions of people to the government-insured rolls without increasing the already record-breaking federal deficit.
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