LEBANON, PA - AUGUST 11: U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) (R) listens to an unidentified man make a statement as he holds a town hall meeting August 11, 2009 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Specter held the town hall meeting to speak about health care reform. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

LEBANON, PA - AUGUST 11: U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) (R) listens to an unidentified man make a statement as he holds a town hall meeting August 11, 2009 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Specter held the town hall meeting to speak about health care reform.

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  1. PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 7: Vice President Joe Biden (R) speaks with with U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) at a Labor Day parade outside the Mellon Arena September 7, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Biden spoke about the Employee Free Choice Act, which is currently before congress.
  2. PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 7: Vice President Joe Biden (L) joins hands with U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) at a Labor Day parade outside the Mellon Arena September 7, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Biden spoke about the Employee Free Choice Act, which is currently before congress.
  3. PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 7: Vice President Joe Biden joins hands with U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) at a Labor Day parade outside the Mellon Arena September 7, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Biden spoke about the Employee Free Choice Act, which is currently before congress.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) (L) talks with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood before a hearing of the committee on Capitol Hill October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from Obama Administration cabinet members about the 'Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act,' which is sponsored by the committee's chair, Sen. Barabara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA).
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (C), Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) (L) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu prepare for a committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and several Obama Administration cabinet members about the 'Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act,' which is sponsored by Boxer and Kerry.
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) delivers an opening statement during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is considering drawing up legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration the responsibility of screening dietary suppliments for illegal steroids before they can be marketed and sold.
  7. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: United States Anti Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart (R) is greeted by the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) before a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is considering drawing up legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration the responsibility of screening dietary suppliments for illegal steroids before they can be marketed and sold.
  8. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) and Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) question witnesses during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is considering drawing up legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration the responsibility of screening dietary suppliments for illegal steroids before they can be marketed and sold.
  9. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., right, accompanied by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, oversees a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.
  10. In this Sept. 15, 2009, photo, President Barack Obama embraces Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., at a fundraising event at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Obama hasn't been shy about choosing sides to prevent Democratic Party primaries, which is something like a parent picking the favorite child in a sibling squabble _ only with arguably higher stakes.
  11. President Barack Obama greets visitors at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, as he departed for a day on the road to promote his health care agenda. Obama is traveling to Warren, Ohio and Pittsburgh, to talk about health care reform, then on to a fundraiser in Philadelphia for Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., as he faces re-election in Pennsylvania.
  12. President Barack Obama greets visitors at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, prior to departing for a day on the road to promote his health care agenda. Obama is traveling to Warren, Ohio and Pittsburgh, to talk about health care reform, then on to a fundraiser in Philadelphia for Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., as he faces re-election in Pennsylvania.
  13. U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., Left, and former two-term U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey, have a moment after they discussed proposals to overhaul the U.S. health care system during a "town hall" meeting Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 in Allentown, Pa. Two opponents gunning for Sen. Arlen Specter's seat are getting together in a town hall meeting of political polar opposites _ and they'll share a beer afterward.

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