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http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/16/us.healthcare/index.html>>
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Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota said it was futile to continue to "chase that rabbit" due to the lack of 60 Senate votes needed to overcome a filibuster.
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>>"The fact of the matter is there are not the votes in the United States Senate for a public option. There never have been," Conrad said on "Fox News Sunday."
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>>His comment signaled a shift in the health care debate, with Obama and senior advisers softening their support for a public option by saying final form of the legislation is less important than the principle of affordable coverage available to all.
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_33/b4143034820260.htmAnd so does the Insurance Industry:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/potter.health.insurance/index.html
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"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates
Vita contingit, Vive cum eo. (Life Happens, Live With it.)
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -- author unknown
"De omnibus dubitandum"
