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In reply to the discussion: Sanders camp fires back at Clinton for healthcare comments [View all]OrwellwasRight
(5,317 posts)who wants to get on TV to defend the First Lady can? It doesn't work that way. Many MOCs get very little press despite Herculean efforts of their communications staff, particularly in 1993-94, when there weren't so many 24 hour news channels (e.g., no MSNBC, no Fox).
On a more important note, "fighting for affordable healthcare" never has been limited to "defending Hillary Clinton." Most of it means people taking a leadership role in Congress and supporting legal reforms.
If you want to know what Bernie Sanders was doing in 1993-94, try looking at this list of bills he introduced. I find it pretty impressive:
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