The trusts are meant to help elected officials avoid conflicts of interest , or the appearance of them , and the senator , a Republican from Tennessee who had been widely expected to make a bid for the White House in 2008 , has said his only purpose in selling the HCA stock was to eliminate any appearance of conflict .
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