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After late-night host Jimmy Kimmel called Sen. Bill Cassidy a liar on Tuesday for producing a health care bill that he says does not do any of the things Cassidy promised, the Louisiana senator struck back and suggested Kimmel does not understand the bill.On Wednesday night, Kimmel defended himself and responded with another verbal assault on the bill that the Senate is e
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