I hope the reasoning behind the ethics complaint is that the practice amounts to buying votes, not just being kindhearted.
“Just as parents dont choose him hoping to sway his vote, parents dont choose to receive his services at a particular hospital because Dr. Coburn has somehow endorsed that hospital because he is a senator, Hart said in a statement . The committee has shown us zero empirical evidence to back up its flimsy claim.”
This is strictly political, they said nothing about Frist (the Wimp) practicing medicine. Coburn was hated from day one, they hated him in the House as well, he does not go along to get along, period.