As we contemplate a House health care reform bill that is over 2,000 pages long, it might be a good time to revisit the cautionary tale of Indiana grandmother Sally Harpold, and its lessons about law, fairness, responsibility, and Chaos Theory, not to mention ethics. Continue reading
Congress
Rep. Cao: Profile in Something or Other
Wow. One lone House Republican voting for the reviled Democrat healthcare bill. Talk about conscience! Talk about courage!
Well, maybe. The vote by Louisiana Republican Anh “Joseph” Cao could have been a truly ethical act, or a completely cynical one. The fact that it is almost impossible to tell which explains a lot about the funhouse mirror version of “ethics” in use of Capitol Hill. Continue reading