Quote of the Day: Bill? What Bill?

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| Thu Jan. 17, 2013 8:52 AM PST

From Florida governor Rick Scott, explaining the virgin birth of the law that turned Election Day into chaos in his state:

It was not my bill....I didn't have anything to do with passing it.

It's true that Scott signed the bill mighty quietly, but sign the bill he did. And he defended it tooth and nail after that. But I guess sometimes the buck doesn't stop at the top after all.

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