Public/Private

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Senators Obama and McCain once agreed to a publicly financed general election. What role does public money play--and do they both still intend to keep that pledge? Also: the author of the new book Drifting Towards Love: Black, Brown, Gay, and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York talks about the lives of the men he profiled.

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