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Burris Says He Did Not Flip-Flop on Health Care
CHICAGO (AP) -- Sen. Roland Burris insisted he would never vote for an overhaul of the nation's health insurance system unless the bill included a strong public option. And he promised that position wouldn't change.

But last week the Senate passed a health insurance bill that included no government-run health insurance to serve as a public option for those seeking low-cost coverage -- and Burris voted for it.

Burris insists he did not flip-flop.

He says there are a lot of definitions of public option. And he says once Senate Democratic leaders and administration officials stepped him through the provisions, it became clear to him that the bill would accomplish the same goals he wanted from the public option.

Burris' vote was needed for the bill to pass.

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12 26 09 by Newsroom
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