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Sen. Tom Coburn's Job Shouldn't be a Senate Ethics Violation
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| Last Edited | None Entered Apr 21, 2005 04:23am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | At one time, serving as a citizen legislator was considered preferable to being a career politician whose principal aspiration in life is to stay in office.
Roger Sherman signed the Declaration of Independence and was an early member of Congress. He believed, "Representatives ought to return home and mix with the people. By remaining at the seat of government, they would acquire the habits of the place, which might differ from those of their constituents."
Dr. Coburn is following in that tradition. Recently he said on FoxNews: "Because the thing we miss in Washington is a connection with what's really happening at home. And to be a physician and a relationship with patients where you can see the hurt, the success, the problems, the complications, of everyday life in America. . ."
It isn't as if the people who elected the doctor last fall were under the impression he was giving up his practice if he won. During the campaign he repeatedly affirmed his intent to keep providing medical care. |
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