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The Supreme Court upheld Thursday Barack Obama's reforms to extend health insurance to another 32 million Americans in a major victory for the president in the heat of a tight re-election contest. Obama said the ruling, which prescribes how health care will be delivered in the United States for decades to come, went beyond polarized politics and urged a divided America to get behind a law that was in the interests of all. "Whatever the politics, today's decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives are more secure because of this law and the Supreme Court's decision to uphold it," he said.

Photo by Getty Images Jun 29, 2012