The official response to President Obama’s big health care speech tonight will come from Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA). That makes sense on some levels–Boustany is a fairly senior member on the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over health care, and, in a previous life, he was a practicing cardiac surgeon. But on another level, it’s a very questionable move. Several weeks ago, Boustany had a run-in with Mike Stark of Firedoglake. Fast forward about 27 seconds in.
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