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"I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other."
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"As attorney general, I've had some connection with just about every important public issue in the last eight years in Kentucky. All of the important public issues of the day have, at some point."
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"I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other."
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