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What NOT to Say When Trying Win Over Senate Moderates

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., talking to the NY Daily News, and praising the Medicare buy-in proposal:

“Extending this successful program to those between 55 and 64, a plan I proposed in July, would be the largest expansion of Medicare in 44 years and would perhaps get us on the path to a single payer model.

So just a ballpark guess — how many times will Republicans read this statement on the Senate floor?

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Matthew Spieler is a former policy analyst for Congressional Quarterly, where he covered health care, education, labor, and veterans’ affairs. A graduate of The George Washington University, he has also worked as a reporter for CQ covering ...

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