And I think it's imperative that, as we move forward in this debate and into the campaign, that we recognize what both John Edwards and I did, that you have to bite this bullet.

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Because I'm writing this today, you can tell that somehow I lived to see the sound bite that evening.

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The question is -- how much do you need to bite is something I cannot answer now.

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