Lobbyists ghostwrote a few, no, several, no, many speeches that uttered during the historic health care debate last week reports The New York Times.
Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies.
E-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that the lobbyists drafted one statement for Democrats and another for Republicans.
How many is many? The New York Times reports that some “42 House members picked up some of its talking points — 22 Republicans and 20 Democrats . . .”.
Now that’s bipartisanship I can believe it.