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An Innovator

06.23.09 -- 5:00PM

TPM Reader DF salutes an innovator ...

I've been thinking about it, and I believe Sanford may be the first politician to use the "I'm leaving to spend some time AWAY FROM my family" excuse. Most of them go with the far less credible with-the-family thing. So give the man his due, please, for he is a pioneer.

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