QUOTABLE

‘The Republicans will get you born, but you’re on your own from then on.’

REP. JAMES L. OBERSTAR, member of the Congressional Right to Life caucus

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‘It’s not going to be enough to put a lot of sentimental ads on television.’

MICHAEL CAMUNEZ, Los Angeles lawyer

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‘You have to pay to play. It’s about influence, it’s about access and it’s about a perceived quid pro quo.’

SCOTT HARSHBARGER, director of Common Cause

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‘First the notorious Tipper Gore and now the anti-music Lieberman . . . these are foreboding signs. . . .’

TOM MORELLO, guitarist for Rage Against the Machine