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You spend your time blaming the other for what's not getting done and you actually do a couple things, and then you switch to, Hey, let's instead compete about who gets the credit for what we just did. And that's a lot more fun.

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Tim Kaine
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 26
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I'm really fortunate. I grew up in a wonderful household with great Irish Catholic parents.
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