Here's why the Democrats' debate over issues mattered

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Here's why the Democrats' debate over issues mattered
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From climate change to health care to immigration, here were some of the highlights from the second night of the second Democratic debates.

, argued Biden's past support of tough-on-crime legislation made him the wrong person to implement it.

"We have got to have far more bold action on criminal justice reform, like having true marijuana justice, which means that we legalize it on a federal level and reinvest the profits in communities that have been disproportionately targeted by marijuana enforcement," Booker said. Harris said she came up with her new plan, after"listening to American families, listening to experts, listening to health care providers" who raised issues with her previous support for Sen. Bernie Sanders' single-payer bill.

"Any time someone tells you you're going to get something good in 10 years, you should wonder why it takes 10 years," he said., while her plan would auto-enroll people in Medicare to close potential gaps. But she also flipped the terms of the debate on employer insurance, arguing that Americans would no longer feel tethered to their work once they got their insurance through Medicare.

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