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Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

By Elizabeth Brotherton and Alison McSherry
Posted January 11, 2011 at 4:47pm

“I’m making good on new years resolutions: I just had a colonoscopy, bone density scan and mammogram is next. Prevention is key!”

— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), in a Monday tweet. A little TMI, sure. But such tests are important, after all.

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