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Schumer sticks to public health-care option

WASHINGTON - As the Senate Finance Committee began working over its compromise health care legislation Tuesday, Sen. Charles Schumer staked out his signature issue, announcing he's still a "firm believer in the public option."

But in discussing the restructuring of health care, Schumer also returned to the theme that helped Democrats win control of the Senate: the middle class, most of whom...

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