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Quote of the Day

February 19, 2010 by Robert Wechsler

Quote of the Day

(In a debate about a revolving door provision, also known as a "cooling off period")

"You do not take pizza from the oven and put it straight in your mouth. I believe that we should not take our legislative service and put it right in our own mouth."

—Missouri State Senator Jason Crowell (from an article in the Columbia Missourian). Unlike most of my Quotes of the Day, I found this one delightful.

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