I realize that there are probably going to be a lot of people who'll be adversely affected by the decision to remove this specific medication from the market.
In fact, that's why-in contrast to some other conservatives-I have a lot of sympathy for the difficult choices faced by FDA commissioners.
They have to straddle a fine line, risking the ire of people who claim they're being dilatory and not approving life-saving drugs-which, to a certain extent, is true-while also attempting to placate an irrationally excitable public, who'll be the first to scapegoat them if a particular drug has adverse health consequences.
If you look at
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x985180
you find:
"Well, I won't be trying out any newly approved drugs for awhile -- at least until there's a Dem in the White House."
There seems to be a view that the Dems are safer...NOT