Others say Too far, mister
Posted: September 14, 2009 at 2:43 a.m.
All that was missing were the spitballs. Like fourth-graders testing a substitute teacher, members of Congress wisecracked and fiddled with their BlackBerrys while President Barack Obama appealed for common ground on health-care reform.
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Editorial, Pages 10 on 09/14/2009
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