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	<title><![CDATA["My Face Was Ripped Off" and Other Arguments for a Public Option]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/my-face-was-ripped-off-an_b_216993.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The other day I was watching <em>Hardball</em> and Chris Matthews introduced one of his regular panels composed of that hairless former McCain staffer and the sad-eyed "Democratic strategist" Steve McMahon. Matthews ballyhooed that <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31269158#31269158">the panel would be debating healthcare</a> and, remarkably, that McMahon has "clients involved in the healthcare debate." </p>

<p>Clients in the healthcare debate, eh? Okay, that could mean anything. McMahon owns a media consulting firm and he used to work for Al Gore, Howard Dean and Senator...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-18T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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