Amos:   that would be so cool! Maybe he could work the Getaway into his tour?

Nerd: good points all, and clearly Dean has done *some* homework on this, but he really seems to be passing the buck by deferring to the FDA (but at least he acknowledges some usefulness for cancer patients). I stand by my original assertion that Dean CAN make a stronger, more comprehensive pronouncement on this issue because the data is already there; data that he, as a doctor, could easily have access to and interpret. The research has been done. The FDA has become little more than a rubber-stamp figurehead for the development and manufacture of profitable new drugs.

It's a controversial for any candidate, so most of them play   it safe just like Dean is doing. I just wish one of them would step up to the plate for once. The pharmaceutical lobby is powerful (and increasingly evil) beyond anyone's dreams.