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I wonder whether this unsubtle allusion will enter the health reform lexicon this go-round. The finger is a little much, though, right? Iconography watchers: is NR trying to say something about masculinity here?"},{"__typename":"ArticleLegacyHtml","tagName":"DIV","idAttr":"","className":"","style":"","innerHtml":"

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