10 Winners in the Healthcare Debate

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President Barack Obama, surrounded by lawmakers, signs the healthcare reform legislation.

The historic healthcare victory has made big winners out of the personalities involved. President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are two names now written into the history books. And even foes like Minority Leader John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell get footnotes.

But there were a bunch of other winners, especially among interest groups, political campaign operations, and even news outlets. We polled our insiders to come up with the best 10 of those:

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