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Here is the audio from that video? >> not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase. >> so it does not violet the pledge? >> we wouldn't hold it that way. it would be a very bad thing to do. it would raise taxes from where they are today. would it technically violate the pledge? no. >> seems straightforward, but then he backed away in the comments here on msnbc. today in "the new york times" he tried to clarify things further. he said he remains opposed to any tax increases but went on to write, my positions and the implications of the pledge regarding temporary tax cuts is clear....