pdq, with regard to your 25 Aug 09 - 06:26 PM post, in my opinion, the issue is not whether Republican Senator (Dr.) Coburn has introduced and helped pass significant health legislation that benefitted people.

The issue is what is the Senator proposing to do about the crisis in this nation's health care system?

At his recent health care town hall, that woman told Senator Coburn that her husband had a catastrophic brain injury and that his insurance company refused to approve the cost of a speech therapist who would help him regain the ability to speak and eat. That woman was crying when she asked her Senator what could the government do to help her husband.

Senator Coburn's response was that she could meet with him, but the government wasn't suppose to do anything about this. Senator Coburn said that Americans should rely on their neighbors.

In my opinion, no matter what good the Senator may have done previously in the area of health care, his response to that woman was a big FAIL.