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Rahm reacts: "Thank God" Obama did not listen to him on health care

By  Lynn Sweet
   
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WASHINGTON–Mayor Rahm Emanuel urged President Barack Obama not to pursue a major health care plan when he was his chief of staff and Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld most of it he said, “Thank God for the rest of the country he didn’t listen to me.” Read the rest of the story from Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman HERE.

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