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Health care overhaul: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's dealing, dedication helped get bill passed

And Pelosi's readiness to compromise despite deep personal beliefs was mirrored in her liberal colleagues, who in the end swallowed hard and chose political pragmatism over ideological principle. Full Article at Belleville News-Democrat

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