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Still A Ways To Go

by David Kurtz
12.10.09 | 9:19 am

While the Senate hashes out the public option compromise, the other big sticking point on health care reform is abortion. As Brian Beutler reports, House Democrats are already preparing for how to massage the issue so that reform isn’t scuttled by pro-life Dems while not alienating pro-choice Dems in the House and Senate.

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