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Truth Cuts Different Ways with Obama and Clinton

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist
Posted April 17, 2008 at 12:00am

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Madison Powers is Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. His columns appear regularly in CQ Politics on Thursday.

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