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Article: Who didn't kill tobacco killers?(On the Right)(Pres Bill Clinton's and Congress' stance on tobacco industry is confused)(Column)(Brief Article)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- July 20, 1998
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The Democrats were very quick to promote the proposition that the tobacco industry had "bought" the vote of the senators who said No on the proposed bill. Republican spokesmen took it on the chin for a bit in the public mall, but then one of them came up with a rather cute riposte. Well, he said, maybe it's true that the tobacco people bought off the Republicans. On the other hand, the trial lawyers bought off the Democrats, so we're even.
It's always distressing to hear it said that a vote one happens to agree with is the result of commercial seduction. Critics take it for granted that because Senator Jones voted No, he was spastically responding to ...