The Governor said she met with him, and she lobbied him before she died. He’s also said his wife convinced him that the vaccine was worth the fight.
Did you see the problem that Bachmann has with her own cronyism? http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/on-her-way-offstage-michele-bachmann-leaves-a-gruesome-legacy She’s received money from all sorts of Pharmaceutical companies — including the competitor who has since come out with an HPV vaccine for two strains,and several private insurance companies that don’t want to pay for the vaccine — but not Merck.