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From the sidelines

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 | 04:07 PM ET

The Mulroney-Schreiber affair galvanized opposition MPs today in the House of Commons. But one Liberal critic was forced to watch from the wings, or rather from up above the floor of the House in the opposition gallery.

Bob Rae, who is the Liberal foreign affairs critic, doesn't have a seat, although he will be running for the Liberal Party in the next election in the riding of Toronto Centre.

This isn't the first time Rae has had to watch from the sidelines.

He recalls: "I did it for 6 months in 1982 when I was leader of the NDP in Ontario without a seat."

Today, Rae watched and listened with great interest to the latest twists and turns into the allegations against Brian Mulroney.

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