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This afternoon, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd made Cedar Rapids' own Jane Boyd Community House his second stop while rolling out his plan for women and families. Eva Bunnell, a woman who helped motivate him to pass the Family and Medical Leave Act, spoke about her experiences with the Democratic presidential hopeful:

One of the women at the event, Margaret Moore of Walker, decided roughly a month ago to support Dodd's bid for the White House. The upcoming caucuses will be the second she's attended.

"I was at a house party here in Cedar Rapids and it was a very nice party, but that's not what impressed me," she said following today's discussion. "I was impressed with Sen. Dodd's well-versed, educated answers to questions and his conversation about the issues that we Americans are all facing."