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OTTAWA -It's been said of Stephen Harper that he plays chess, while others play checkers. It's very much a chess move that Harper is making today, as the government introduces a binding resolution on the Afghanistan mission in the House. Nobody wants the government to fall over Afghanistan, least of all the Liberals. Which may leave them with no alternative but to bring the government down…over the budget. It's simple. The budget vote will probably come the first week of March. The Afghan motion won't come to a vote until the end of March. Because a vote on the Afghan...