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Washington Whispers by Paul Bedard

Out Loud: June 24, 2007

June 22, 2007 05:34 PM ET | Permanent Link | Print

"How many people know the price of his most expensive haircut?"

Elizabeth Edwards, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards's wife, quizzing an Iowa audience on what it knew about her husband-like his recent $400 trim

"It takes time to reverse the damage done by the Republicans. Rome wasn't built in a day."

Rep. Nita Lowey, a Democrat key to reversing GOP opposition to funding overseas family planning groups, a victory that is expected to face a presidential veto

"I've got two goats on my place in Mississippi. There ain't no fence big enough or strong enough to hold them. People are at least as smart as goats, maybe not as agile."

Sen. Trent Lott, explaining that it will take a lot more than just a fence along the nation's border with Mexico to deal with the growing immigration problem

Sources: New York Times, Washington Post, the Hill

Tags: John Edwards | Trent Lott | Elizabeth Edwards

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