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When Pat and Bob nearly saved health care reform: A lesson in Senatorial bedside manner

  • Written by Joseph J. Fins, E. William Davis Jr, MD Professor of Medical Ethics, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Medical Ethics, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
imageSen. Robert Dole, Republican of Kansas, left, with Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat of New York, on Capitol Hill in 1993.AP Photo/John Duricka

With Senator John McCain’s heroic return and Vice President Mike Pence’s tie-breaking vote on a health care bill July 25, Senate Republicans managed to cobble together 51 votes simply to...

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