Turning on their host, several of the Democratic presidential candidates scolded the powerful AARP for endorsing a Republican-backed Medicare prescription drug bill
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Six of the nine candidates participated in the morning forum sponsored by the 35 million-member organization that represents Americans age 50 or older. The AARP's sponsorship didn't stop the Democrats from assailing the bill or the group
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"I wish AARP had chosen to oppose this bill," said Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) of Massachusetts. "I wish AARP was spending its $7 million telling Americans what is wrong with this bill."
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While the Medicare legislation and AARP was the focus of the candidates' criticism, they did use the forum to pick on each other. Gephardt reiterated his complaints that Dean, as Vermont governor, backed GOP efforts in the 1990s to scale back spending on Medicare.
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I'm not sure that was the best forum to be bashing the AARP's decision to back the bill, since it was hosted by the AARP But whatever - I'm sure we'll hear more complaining about this in the coming days.
CkG
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Six of the nine candidates participated in the morning forum sponsored by the 35 million-member organization that represents Americans age 50 or older. The AARP's sponsorship didn't stop the Democrats from assailing the bill or the group
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"I wish AARP had chosen to oppose this bill," said Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) of Massachusetts. "I wish AARP was spending its $7 million telling Americans what is wrong with this bill."
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While the Medicare legislation and AARP was the focus of the candidates' criticism, they did use the forum to pick on each other. Gephardt reiterated his complaints that Dean, as Vermont governor, backed GOP efforts in the 1990s to scale back spending on Medicare.
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I'm not sure that was the best forum to be bashing the AARP's decision to back the bill, since it was hosted by the AARP But whatever - I'm sure we'll hear more complaining about this in the coming days.
CkG