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PRETZEL

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8. When I first read this little snip from the WaPo,
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 10:16 AM
Mar 2012

before reading this thread, this little exchange came right to mind. Very end of the article.......

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/on-last-day-of-health-care-hearing-supreme-court-considers-severability-medicaid-expansion/2012/03/27/gIQAv2zkfS_story_1.html

(snip)

Scalia asked: “Mr. Clement, I didn’t take the time to figure this out, but maybe you did. Is there any chance at all that 26 states opposing it have Republican governors and all of the states supporting it have Democratic governors? Is that possible?”

“There’s a correlation, Justice Scalia,” Clement replied.



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