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====Public option==== On May 3, 2009, Specter went on ''[[Meet the Press]]'' and was asked, "Would you support health care reform that puts up a government-run public plan to compete with a private plan issued by a private insurance company?" Specter responded with "no."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/14884085/Meet-the-Press-May-3-2009-Transcript-and-Video-Link|title=Meet the Press β May 3, 2009 Transcript and Video Link|publisher=Scribd.com|access-date=June 13, 2010|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103042012/http://www.scribd.com/doc/14884085/Meet-the-Press-May-3-2009-Transcript-and-Video-Link|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/specter_disappoints_democrats_now/|title=Specter Disappoints Democrats Now|publisher=Outsidethebeltway.com|date=May 3, 2009|access-date=June 13, 2010}}</ref> Two months later, he changed his position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XEQ01HXj2M|title=Hypocrisy Alert: Where Does Arlen Specter Stand?|date=July 15, 2009 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=June 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708185259/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XEQ01HXj2M|archive-date=July 8, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
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