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Vice President Joe Biden confused a congresswoman fighting lung cancer during a speech on guns yesterday.
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Biden mistook Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-L.I.). with Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan) while praising McCarthy and others for ?not giving up? on pushing tougher gun laws.
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?Nor has Carolyn Maloney who is one of the leading advocates for rational gun policy and is not here today,? Biden said.
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?The Congresswoman is not here today because she is fighting another fight. She?s fighting a fight that we have her in our prayers. She?s fighting lung cancer. She?ll beat that, just like she is gonna come back and help beat this gun lobby that prevented any kind of rational action from happening.? He added.
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New York Democratic Rep. Carolyn McCarthy is fighting lung cancer and is taking a leave from congress for treatment.?
Biden:?We have not given up. Janet Napolitano has not given up, Eric Holder has not given up, Richard Blumenthal has not given up, Congressman Eliot Engel has not given up, Congressman Mike Thompson has not given up and Speaker Brendan Sharkey of the Connecticut House has not given up. I just wish we had the success you had up in Connecticut with your governor and with your legislature. And Mary Pam O?Connor of Santa Monica hasn?t given up, nor has Carolyn Maloney, who is one of the leading advocates for rational gun policy, who is not here today because the congresswoman is fighting another fight. She is fighting a fight that, we have her in our prayers, she is fighting lung cancer. She will beat that. Just like she is going to come back and help us beat this gun lobby that has prevented the rational action from happening.?
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Source: http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/06/19/gaffe-biden-botches-name-congresswoman-fighting-cancer
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