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New Republic by Jonathan Cohn | Dec. 20, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) At Saturday"s press conference announcing that Democrats had the sixty votes necessary to pass health reform legislation, Majority Leader Harry Reid was flanked by three of his colleagues: Max Baucus, Chris Dodd, and Tom Harkin. But Harkin was, in a sense, the odd man out. Unlike Baucus and Dodd, who managed health care legislation through their respective committees, Harkin assumed a leadership role only after taking over chairmanship of the HELP ... Full Story »

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