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John Cornyn's vote to cut Medicare funding for physicians by 10 percent seems to have some consequences, the Statesman's Jason Embry reports. The political action committee of the Texas Medical Association, furious about a Thursday night vote on a Medicare-funding bill, is going to rescind its endorsement of Sen. John Cornyn’s reelection bid, association spokesman Brent Annear said. Cornyn and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison voted to stall a bill that would have prevented a 10 percent cut in Medicare funding for physicians, prompting an unusually harsh reaction from the medical association, which has 43,000 members and is one of the most powerful trade groups in Texas politics.
Maybe the recent polling in this race had something to do with their decision, too. There's no reason for groups like the TMA to put up with disrespect and repeated failures from Cornyn when we have a viable and exciting alternative like Rick Noriega. If Noriega can stay close in the polls and post some good fundraising numbers, the TMA won't be the last group to ditch Big John. |
