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Nah, in a six-character party, the paladin will never be obsolete as a tank. A paladin has an innate protection from evil spell that stacks with other protection from evil spells (10' radius, for example). Moreover, a paladin get a class based -2 to saving throws, and will have slightly better hitpoints. The protection/healing spells can be covered by a cleric, leaving the paladin free to fight most of the time. It's nice to have a main healer plus a backup healer that's a better fighter.
That said, I've used a multiclass Fighter/Cleric dwarf as my main tank, and not lost anything by it. The difference in efficiency is slight, really.
However, I will admit that a F/C may have the advantage over a paladin in a party of 4 or smaller, depending on the classes of the other characters.
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