Taking a Vote

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2010

State Senator Joseph Addabbo, Jr. voted no on the gay marriage bill in Albany. The Queens Democrat explains his vote. And Paul Starr, former senior advisor to President Clinton, talks about the ongoing health care reform debate in the Senate. Plus, where your cell phone fits into the conflict in the Congo; former NJ attorney general John Farmer has a new book on 9/11; and a decade of video games.

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