61.   Meanwhile, whenever lawmakers mulled costly reforms, it would be between themselves and the voters, without corporate health-care intermediaries insulating them from the political consequences.

62.   Meehan said the political consequences may also be softened by the fact the Patriots have been talking of leaving Massachusetts for years.

63.   Most experts contend that Nicholson and others exaggerate the political consequences of sampling.

64.   No matter how much he protested that politics was not involved here, it was inescapably a political issue with political consequences.

65.   Nor should political consequences of our votes be the basis for our decision of whether to remove this president.

66.   Now, a Democratic lobbyist said, Democrats can vote for an immediate tax cut and then vote against parts of the Bush plan without suffering political consequences.

67.   Nixon and Haldeman acted wholly out of concern for the political consequences of an FBI probe, not because it might expose covert CIA activities.

68.   Of most immediate political consequence is that the survey calls into question assertions by Republican leaders that the public is chafing over the unsettled outcome.

69.   On Sunday, this disillusionment is expected to produce serious political consequences.

70.   Only now, though, are people beginning to explore the political consequences of that collapse, which are as varied as the countries where economic contagion spread.