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Nixing tunnel helped Christie, but hurt the East Coast

    April 26, 2012

For a while, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s effort to avoid a Big Dig-like burden on his state by cancelling a long-planned tunnel seemed, at least, understandable. But now, as Christie is being mentioned as a possible running mate for Mitt Romney, it’s become clear that he exaggerated the facts when making the showboating gesture that put him on the political map.

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