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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter rejected Rick Santorum's claim during Wednesday night's presidential debate that he had promised to support former President George W. Bush's nominees to the Supreme Court in exchange for Santorum's endorsement, telling The Michael Smerconish program Thursday that claim wasn't true.

"He is not correct. I made no commitment to him about supporting judges," Specter said. "I made no deal."

Santorum made the claim during a heated moment in Wednesday's presidential debate, after Mitt Romney deflected criticism that his Massachusetts healthcare plan had been the model for President Obama's national reform bill by saying that the president's reforms would have never passed had Santorum not backed Specter.

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