U.S. Rep. John Boozman, running an incumbent-style campaign for U.S. Senate, claimed he couldn’t make the Republican debate yesterday because he was busy fighting health care. Baloney, particularly since he could mail in his “no” vote and carries zero influence on any representative still undecided on the question.

The record shows what he really did in Washington yesterday: He helped name a post office and pass resolutions in support of the Red Cross, Falun Gong and Vancouver.

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That’s some really heavy lifting. The Democrats take notice of the MIA corporatist:

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