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Later in the AP writeup, a relation to the Nevada (Republican) Governor is cited The clinic's majority owner, Dipak Desai, a political contributor and member of the governor's commission on health care, has refused to comment on the allegations. But Dipak Desai massively contributed to Dems too including Dirty Harry Reid!

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But Dipak Desai massively contributed to Dems too including Dirty Harry Reid!

In fact, Desai is a much more frequent contributor to Dems than to the GOP.

Just heard Paul Harvey-subsitute, Gil Gross, gloss over what kind of "political contributor" Desai is. So decided to look for myself on www.opensecrets.org (like Rick's Place did an hour earlier)...

Dipak Desai is a MUCH bigger contributor to Democrats --Ted Kennedy, AlGore, Harry Reid, Jay Rockefeller, and Bob "the Torch" Torricelli (!) among others.

Yes, there are contributions there to Nevada's Republican senator, John Ensign, too.

But that was probably intended by Desai as "CYA insurance" for doing business in Nevada. Not an indication of his political sympathies.