US Senate to prohibit Ob-Gyn from practice

I've mentioned him here before - perhaps my favorite Senator - Tom Coburn (R-OK). (Rasmussen Reports)

I first heard of him when he was running for an open Senate seat in 2004. He struck me as being too far to the right for my taste on a number of issues.

But then he got elected and showed his true colors... a man who cares about America and knows who sent him there - the voters... not porkmeisters Byrd and Stevens.

And now I see this gem on Rasmussen Reports:

Senator Tom Coburn is unknown to most Americans, but the strange workings of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics could end up making the Oklahoma Republican far more popular than he is today....

He is best known in Washington as "Dr. No" for battling his colleagues over wasteful government spending. However, when people learn about his battle with the Senate ethics committee, Coburn’s ratings skyrocket to levels that would make his colleagues jealous.

Coburn is a medical doctor who continues to deliver about 400 babies a year. When told that it would be a violation of Senate rules to earn such outside income, Coburn stopped collecting money. He actually loses money for delivering the babies since he pays for malpractice insurance out of his own pocket....

But, according to Politico.com that’s not good enough for the six senators on the ethics committee, three from each party. They have ordered Coburn to stop delivering babies for free even though he provides services for poor and uninsured women.

How screwed up can these people possibly be? They're supposed to be 100 people who represent America... but I can't imagine a group of 100 people who are more detached from reality. Dodd and Lieberman ought to tell the Senate Ethics Committee to get their act together, but I'm sure they won't... because they're as much a part of the problem as the rest of them.

Rasmussen continues...

Government ethics and corruption consistently rank near the top of voter concerns about Election 2008.

I agree. As concerned as I am about the fiscal irresponsibility of Washington and Hartford... as long as our government is so heavily influenced by all these creeps who are either headed to jail or are currently under indictment... how could we ever expect to have a fiscally responsible government?

Tim White