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his name is paul conrad. he had a cartoon that consisted of new hampshire and rockets on a spigot to meet him. and posters of sam your dion all those trees. and the caption read simply, the sap is running in new hampshire. [laughter] in fact, he did get me through the next 48 hours. i thought i would take a few moments of your time and tell you why i am here. it's an unexpected reason for my appearance to new hampshire. i've had the the luckiest life of anyone i know. in the last 52 years of my life and even before that my friends have said rochon, you report on his lucky star. i'd wonderful working-class parents. we moved around a lot but my parents always gave me the best attention under: life is to make it possible for me to go to college. when i was 15 and that to the metropolitan area of south florida. 9000 people. i want them to the and there is a most beautiful young woman i'd ever seen. she was well-known in the community. her name is meredith lowell, daughter of a talker, stunning beauty and great st

one was kent conrad, the senator from north dakota, and the other paul wellstone the senator from minnesota. 23 of us had voted no on authorizing the war in iraq. it included the three of us who remained. i was up for reelection as was senator wellstone. and i went to paul wellstone in the well of the senate and i said paul, i hope that vote doesn't cost you the election in a few weeks. paul wellstone said to me it's all right if it does. this is who i am and this is what i believe and the people of minnesota expect nothing less. the story unfolds that in the ensuing weeks paul wellstone died in today plane crash before the election took place but i still remember that moment and i remember what i considered to be an act of conscience by my friend and colleague from minnesota. i thought about the thousands of votes that i've cast in the house and the senate and only a handful are still right there in front of me. and they include the votes that you cast that relate to war. you know if you vote to go to war even under the right circumstances, that innocent people will die that americans will