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Published: 03/15/10

Obama Tells Congress to Have 'Courage,' Leans on Kucinich to Vote Yes

By  Patricia Murphy - Politics Daily
Obama Tells Congress to Have 'Courage,' Leans on Kucinich to Vote Yes

At a campaign-style event in Strongsville, Ohio, on Monday to press the need to overhaul the health care system, President Obama implored members of Congress to think less about the legislative process and polls surrounding the contentious debate and more about the individual American lives he said would be saved by passing the legislation. "We hear a lot of people in Washington talking about politics, talking about what this means in November, talking about the poll numbers for Democrats," Obama told the enthusiastic crowd at the town-hall-style meeting. "We need courage, that's what we ...

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