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Nancy Pelosi’s lesson: ‘You can’t always get what you want’

Even before her bill reaches the House floor, health care reform has been a lesson in the limits of power for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — and in the immense challenge of managing disappointment on the left.

The bill rolled out Thursday is weaker than many progressives — including Pelosi — had once hoped for, but her advice is to “declare victory” and recognize that this is not the last word.

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- March 22, 2010 -

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