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Bravo to ESPN's Sage Steele for cutting off singer on anti-American rant

Sage Steele is my new hero.

The ESPN anchor totally shut down Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler after the self-absorbed singer tried to lecture us American rubes on the glories of the Canadian health care system.

The fun started when Butler, lead singer for the Montreal-based band, won Celebrity MVP honors after scoring 14 points for Team Drake in Toronto. The singer immediately launched into his anti-American screed.

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“I just wanted to say, it’s an election year in the U.S., the U.