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In 1995, then-Sen. Charlie Crist voted to repeal the so-called third-party liability law on a 32-7 Senate vote. But Chiles vetoed it.

Crist's $2.4-billion change of heart

Gov. Charlie Crist said "God bless Gov. Chiles" as the 2008 Legislature drew to a close last week, thankful for a $2.4-billion in reserves made possible by the late Lawton Chiles. But in the mid-1990s, Crist was against the law that allowed the state to sue Big Tobacco.

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