Many people believe that what has happened during the campaign is a case of conscience rather than a matter of law.

许多人认为，竞选中发生的事是个涉及到良心的问题，而不是什么法律问题。

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His biggest test of conscience, however, came in a different case.

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Clinton will argue the opposite case, of course, and will say, look, superdelegates have been given the power to follow their own conscience, and here is the reason they should follow their conscience and not follow the pledged delegate lead that Obama has.

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