CSS Equivalent of Table Rowspan with Fluid Height

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I'm trying to accomplish the following using CSS:

<table border="1" width="300px">
<tr>
    <td rowspan="2">This row should equal the height (no fixed-height allowed) of the 2 rows sitting to the right.</td>
    <td>Here is some sample text.  And some additional sample text.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>Here is some sample text.  And some additional sample text.</td>
</tr>
</table>

alt text

The examples I've seen for accomplishing this utilize fixed heights or allow the content to wrap around the left column. Is there an elegant way to accomplish this using CSS?

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