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Opinion

Jeff Jacoby

Shut up, they explained

US Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren’s “People’s Pledge” is designed to keep out third-party advertising in the Senate seat race. But there is nothing admirable about Brown and Warren seeking to squelch electoral speech.

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