[Cincinatus' Wife]

....And, add to it the ties his staff had to Merck?

That has been brought up.

Please help me explain to the thread what was illegal.

Was anyone brought up on charges or was nothing illegal involved?

[Outlaw Woman]

With all due respect cw, that argument about illegal is the very same one used by Clinton, Weiner etc and it’s a last resort to cover up rot.

It may not have been ‘illegal’ but, the appearance of impropriety is there (if the assertion is true) also it’s a conflict of interest. Elected officials have an obligation and responsibility to avoid both.

[arthurus]

I don't give a happy dam about illegal. Lots of things that are "legal"(will pass a judge) for politicians to do are unConstitutional and just plain anti market and anti freedom. That act was a seatbelt law writ LARGE and the fact that the stuff has proven to be dangerous is not even relevant to the first fact- it is anti freedom and unConstitutional. It is, however, in synch with the socialization of medicine. If the government is responsible for our health then it must establish parameters of permitted and banned activities, diet, housing, everything, as well as prescribe and require mass and individual medications because everything impacts our physical and mental health.