Democrats, unnerved in face of health-care uproar, start fighting back

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August 19, 2009 Wednesday

FOREIGN GENERAL NEWS

LEE-ANNE GOODMAN, CP

WASHINGTON _ It could have been the Nazi comparisons. Perhaps it was recent remarks from top Republicans that they’d support no health-care reform bill. Or it could just be spent reserves of patience following weeks of misinformation about death panels and health insurance for illegal aliens.

Whatever the reason, Democrats appeared to be fighting back on Wednesday amid relentless attacks from Republicans and their supporters about President Barack Obama’s sweeping health-care overhaul.

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