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If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.

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Arlen Specter
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: February 12
Died: 2012
Died: October 14
Former United States Senator
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Military Officer
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Wichita
Kansas
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