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It is not worthy of Alistair McLellan to talk of the possible "self-immolation" of Lib-Dem MPs. It is these very Lib-Dem MPs who hold the parliamentary trump card -- they can break the coalition; and with careful spinning can win the public's admiration for "saving" the NHS from the grubby hands of the privatising Tory iconoclasts. This would go a long way towards redeeming themselves in the public eye after their student fees self-immolation. It would be very sad for the NHS if they do not take this new opportunity that the third reading will eventually present.