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It's smart politics for Bush to make sure that should the bill die on Capitol Hill, he has no fingerprints on the murder weapon. He also puts more pressure on lawmakers to do the deed themselves--which means the time for hugs and flowers may have passed. It's back to business as usual in the Senate.

--With reporting by Matthew Cooper, John F. Dickerson, Viveca Novak and Michael Weisskopf/Washington


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