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It's lame that it was included. But that's business as usual. And while I'd much rather it didn't happen, its not a practice that's going to disappear overnight. And I'm not willing to put health care reform on hold for another 20 years (because let's be honest here, if it failed this time around, that's the minimum length before anyone has the political balls to bring the subject up again) just because every single bill passed in the current congressional process contains superfluous crap. That's an entirely separate issue, and one that would not be solved by blocking this bill.