USA the Franken Way
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If you listened to Midday via the radio on Friday -- MPR Day at the State Fair -- the whole "Al draws the USA thing" might not have been that impressive. So ... here:
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Here's Gary Eichten's full interview with the senator. Health care, of course, was the big topic. Franken would not commit to an answer on the question of whether he'd support a health care bill without the "public option."
"I'm not going to negotiate with myself at the State Fair," he said.
