MGR: Minnick Has ‘Skin’ In Game

Unfounded though they may be, it’s been said by some who have deep-seated fears of a government takeover of health care, that if members of Congress had some “skin in the game,” they would write a better bill.  Meaning, supposedly, that if Congress had to participate in whatever “plan” they legislate they would do it differently.  What isn’t always apparent is that some members of Congress already have “skin in the game.” For Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick , part of the Blue Dog Coalition , that “skin” comes partially in the form of campaign contributions from the health sector, including $126,464 over his political career according to the Center for Responsive Politics/ MountainGoat Report . More here .

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Question: Has Minnick’s stand re: health care reform been compromised by campaign contributions from the health sector?