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Tim Kaine: “There was no path to any fix on health care with the…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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'No path' to health care fix if government is closed: Sen. Kaine on why he voted yes

Published | Video Starts at 00:37

… fix that leaves working families staring down a health care crisis and simply kicking the can down the road is not good enough. What is your response. Katie? There was, There was no path to any fix on health care with the government closed. So I supported the Democratic position in this from the very beginning until middle of last week. We had a big win in elections in Virginia. (00:37–00:42)

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Asserts that no health care fix was possible during the government shutdown.

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