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Moderates face heavy pressure on health bill

By Anna Fifield in Washington

Published: November 25 2009 18:27 | Last updated: November 25 2009 18:27

When Blanche Lincoln returns home to Little Rock this Thanksgiving, the centrist Arkansas senator will find she has to talk turkey, not just eat it.

Ms Lincoln is the most vulnerable of a handful of moderate Democrats who will face a barrage of advertising in their home states this holiday weekend, as they decide whether to stick with their party when a controversial healthcare reform bill moves to the Senate floor next week or to side with Republicans in opposing it.

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