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By woody on 11-21-09
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let’s look at the holdouts:
Ben Nelson - refused to allow the anti-trust exemption to be included in the health care bill.

Supports monopolies.  Nothing “free market” about that.

“Also before entering politics, Ben Nelson spent his career as an insurance executive, insurance company lawyer and, early in his career, Nebraska’s state insurance regulator. He was chief executive officer of an insurance company and has sided with and received political support from business groups opposed to a public health plan as part of health reform.”

Follow the Money: •“Sen. Nelson has received $1,195,299 from insurance interests, $399,345 from health professionals, $258,483 from the pharmaceutical industry, and $195,138 from hospital and nursing home interests.”

get the skinny: http://www.campaignmoney.org/healthcare/nelson

and they call him a moderate!  He is NO MODERATE.

I think the correct word is BOUGHT AND PAID FOR

or the best Money can BUY

or the truly correct word would be fascist -  defined as the merging of corporate and governmental interests to protect corporate profits at ANY COSTS.