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6 More States Vote Next in Democratic Presidential Nomination Battle

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - Six more U.S. states vote next Tuesday in the marathon
   chase for the Democratic presidential nomination, with the two
   remaining key candidates, former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont
   Sen. Bernie Sanders, dueling to gain an edge.

   "I like Joe Biden. I think he's a decent human being," Sanders said
   Wednesday. "But we have a very different vision for this country. Joe
   has his ideas about the future, and I have mine."

   Among other issues, the two widely differ on U.S. health care, with
   Sanders calling for a government-run system and an end to the use of
   private insurance plans to pay health care expenses. Meanwhile, Biden
   wants to make improvements in the Affordable Care Act that now controls
   health care spending in the United States.

   Next up on the political calendar are party primaries in the Midwestern
   states of Michigan and Missouri, the western states of Washington and
   Idaho, and Mississippi in the South, with caucuses in the upper Midwest
   state of North Dakota. Democrats living abroad are also voting in a
   collective primary that has already started and ends March 10.

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