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Richard "Dickie" Scruggs at his office in Oxford. Photo by: Andrea Morales for The Washington Post
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Michael KranishThe Washington Post

OXFORD, Miss. - Richard ”Dickie” Scruggs, a famed Mississippi trial attorney, was tantalizingly close to a historic deal to force tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars - but there was one last hurdle. A divided Congress had to sign off. And Scruggs had identified one of the most skeptical senators, Joe Biden, as a key to winning the vote.

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