But he also said he didn't think a deal could be struck in the next month and a half during a lame duck session of Congress.

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Over the next month and a half he proceeded to spend one full day in each of the forty-eight states, until in late October he made his way back to the Long Island runway from which he'd taken off on Labor Day weekend.

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Depending on the outcome of next month's election, he may finally succeed in fulfilling the first half of that pledge.

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The fly-half, who averages 20 points a game against England, next week starts a six-month sabbatical with Perpignan.

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