Need To Read: October 2, 2009

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Today’s must-reads are somewhat surprised to see health care reform moving forward:

Senate Finance Committee to vote next week on health care reform (NYT)
White House may narrow war effort (WaPo)
Sen. John Ensign helped aide after affair (NYT)
Chris Dodd‘s Extreme Makeover (MoJo)
The Most Powerful Woman in the World: If We Could Read Olympia Snowe‘s Lips… (Hotline)
Even Hayek Thought Universal Government-Provided Health Care Was A Good Idea (Andrew Sullivan)
Copy Editing at The New Yorker Magazine. An Interview With Mary Norris (Red Room)
Jim Henley’s Entry in WaPo’s Next Top Pundit Contest=Epic Win (Jim Henley)
Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions (HuffPo)
It’s comforting that, with all the uncertainty in the world, at least Ken Lewis (retiring CEO of Bank of America) is going to be okay. (CNN)

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