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Breaking Down The Debate, Word-By-Word

President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney had plenty to say about health care in the first debate in Denver Wednesday night.

Here are they words they chose — with the most-frequently used words shown larger — during the discussions about health policy issues during the debate.

Obama words:

Romney’s words:

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