Friday Fish Wrap: March 20, 2009

Conservative prepares to ‘swiftboat’ healthcare reform:

Start circling the wagons to protect Obama’s efforts to reform healthcare - so badly needed to advance the economic recovery, as well as just being…well, the right and civilized thing to do. Rich guy, Rick Scott of Conservatives for Patients Rights ( now there’s a hoot! ) is, according to Politico.com ready to spend $20 million of his own considerable wealth to defeat anything that might come out of the White House. This group is tied directly into the Heritage Foundation, well known for opposing anything that doesn’t agree with their narrowly focused agenda.

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