Jesse & Artur: At odds over the health care bill
Gubernatorial candidate Ron parks bashed his Democratic primary rival Ron Sparks in an e-mail immediately following Rep. Davis's "nay" vote on federal health care legislation. Sparks said in part:
The bill will help 66,000 uninsured people in Artur Davis’ district obtain medical coverage. It will help thousands of small businesses in the district with the rising cost of healthcare, and it will save millions of dollars that healthcare facilities lose because people cannot afford to pay their medical bills. It will also reduce the federal deficit by $138 billion.
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“If Artur Davis is elected governor, the people of Alabama will be thrown under the big business bus, just like he has thrown his own district under the bus. We cannot allow someone who will leave the people of Alabama unprotected from special interests. I will put the people first, not the special interests.”
