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Below is a list of former presidential candidates, including their health care platforms and their personal experience with health issues.
Alan Keyes (R)
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
Keyes hasn't dropped out but Sen. McCain is the presumptive GOP nominee
Ron Paul (R)
U.S. representative from Texas
Acknowledged on March 6, 2008, that he couldn't win the nomination
Mike Huckabee (R)
Former governor of Arkansas
Pulled out of the presidential race on March 4, 2008
Mitt Romney (R)
Former governor of Massachusetts
Suspended his presidential campaign on Feb. 7, 2008
Rudy Giuliani (R)
Partner in Bracewell & Giuliani law firm, former New York City mayor
Pulled out of the presidential race on Jan. 30, 2008
John Edwards (D)
Former U.S. senator from North Carolina
Pulled out of the presidential race on Jan. 30, 2008
Dennis Kucinich (D)
U.S. representative from Ohio
Pulled out of the presidential race on Jan. 25, 2008
Fred Thompson (R)
Actor, former U.S. senator from Tennessee
Pulled out of the presidential race on
Jan. 22, 2008
Duncan Hunter (R)
U.S. representative from California
Pulled out of the presidential race on
Jan. 19, 2008
Bill Richardson (D)
Governor of New Mexico
Pulled out of the presidential race on
Jan. 10, 2008
Joe Biden (D)
U.S. senator from Delaware
Pulled out of the presidential race on
Jan. 3, 2008
Chris Dodd (D)
U.S. senator from Connecticut
Pulled out of the presidential race on
Jan. 3, 2008
Tom Tancredo (R)
U.S. representative from Colorado
Pulled out of the presidential race on
Dec. 20, 2007
Sam Brownback (R)
U.S. senator from Kansas
Pulled out of the presidential race on
Oct. 19, 2007
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