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Mar 31 2008 12:00am EDT

Obama: Let's Pinch Those Pennies

Forget about fixing the health care system or reforming financial regulation, what voters really care about are candidates' stances on the penny.

Via Politico:

A voter at Sen. Barack Obama's town hall meeting in Greensburg, Pa., yesterday asked whether he would consider eliminating the penny.

"We have been trying to eliminate the penny for quite some time -- it always comes back," Obama said. "I need to find out who is lobbying to keep the penny."

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