Excerpt from NY Times article on AFSCME withdraw:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/politics/campaign/08DEAN.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1076253235-X3pw
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"One labor leader close to the campaign of Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts said Saturday that the painters union, the first to back Dr. Dean, would announce early this week that it was switching its support to Mr. Kerry. But that directly conflicted with Dr. Dean's statement that he continued to enjoy the union's support in Wisconsin."