From USA TODAY / AP:
Democrat Kathy Hochul scored an upset victory Tuesday in a special election for Congress that was viewed as a proxy battle for the future of Medicare….
The district, one of only a handful in New York that backed John McCain for president in 2008, has elected a Republican to Congress since 2002…
Hochul and her supporters, including former president Bill Clinton, portrayed Corwin as a supporter of a GOP plan to revamp Medicare into a voucher system. Their message — that Republicans like Corwin want to “end Medicare as we know it” — is a preview of what’s to come in the 2012 elections…
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