THE FINAL WORD

The Final Word

Updated: February 8, 2011 | 10:14 a.m.
March 23, 2010

"This is a big fucking deal."

--Vice President Biden, in a not-quite private aside to President Obama at today's White House signing ceremony for the healthcare bill.

This article appears in the March 27, 2010, edition of National Journal Daily.

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