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other end of the scale, of the 50 who received small or no contributions from AMA-ADA, 39 voted in favor of the amendment.
Thus the inference is inescapable that, at least in this case, the medical lobby’s money talked, and when it talked another significant regulatory device designed to protect the American consumer was stripped from the law books.
But there is a broader and even darker implication to be reckoned with here.
In this era of insanely expensive political campaigns, PAC money is becoming a very nearly indispensible requirement for candidates seeking public office. Sadly, all too many politicians are willing — even eager — to sell their political souls in order to gain a PAC endorsement and the check which usually comes along with it.
In an article in New Yorker magazine two weeks ago. Elizabeth Drew stated
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