Friday, July 3, 2009

Shaming Congress into voting against the industries who bribed them to stop public healthcare - Boing Boing

Shaming Congress into voting against the industries who bribed them to stop public healthcare

Posted by Cory Doctorow, July 1, 2009 8:39 AM | permalink
Adam sez,
Lawrence Lessig's new anti-corruption organization Change Congress recently used online ads to shame Sen. Ben Nelson in his home state for opposing President Obama's public health insurance option while taking $2 million from the health and insurance interests that are leading the fight against it. And it worked. After an 11-day public fight, Nelson switched from calling the public option "a deal breaker" to saying he is open to it and promising not to join Republicans in a filibuster against it.

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