Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) who embarrassed himself last night by shouting out "You lie" during President Obama's health care address to the nation turns out to be a major recipient of campaign money from the health care industry. What a coincidence!
Raw Story reported today that Wilson's largest donors are from the health care industry. Over his congressional career, Wilson collected:
$244,196 from health professionals
$86,150 from pharmaceutical companies
$73,050 from insurance companies
$68,000 from hospitals and nursing homes.
Embarrassing yourself before the nation, your congressional colleagues, and your president while carrying water for the health care industry - PRICELESS!
Via FDL, Rosa DeLauro becomes the first Connecticut Representative to pledge to vote against any health care bill that does not include a robust public option.
Update: Posted too soon. Apparently Rosa's staff has clarified her position, and she has been moved out of the "committed" column.
For a more detailed take on why this particular strategy is so crucial, see this post.
Ask all of the members the Connecticut delegation (including Rosa) to pledge to vote against any bill that does not contain a public option that is (1) available nationwide, (2) on day one, and (3) accountable to Congress and the voters, and report any response to the FDL whip count tool here:
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