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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, healthcare | Salon News

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, healthcare | Salon News: "Feb. 21, 2008 | In recent days, the Democratic presidential race has offered voters an invaluable primer on questions ranging from the definition of plagiarism in politics to the responsibilities of superdelegates in a 21st century democracy. Of course, high-decibel topics like these have absolutely nothing to do with serving as president and precious little connection with defeating John McCain in November."

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