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Opinion: The One Word Missing from Obama's Health Care Speech

By John MerlineMar 3rd 2010 – 5:28PM
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(March 3) -- Out of the more than 2,600 words President Barack Obama delivered in his latest pitch for health care reform, one word was noticeably missing: mandate. It's an odd omission. The health care reforms in the House and Senate, and the outline the president proposes, rest on a new and historic mandate that...

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