WaPo has a cool feature up where you can compare US House members' fondness for health industry money money over their uninsured constituents. What's surprising is how cheaply you can purchase a South Carolina member of Congress:
Gresham Barrett has pocketed $420,759. He voted no last time and will do so again. 18.5% of his constituents have no health care insurance. What does he care? He's running for governor and almost never shows up in DC except to collect his paycheck.
21.9% of Henry Brown's constituents are without health insurance. He voted no and will again. He's a cheap date: only $250,300. But what does he care? He's retiring to come home and run for county commissioner.
Majority Whip James Clyburn has cojones: he's taken $1,279,869 and will vote for health care reform. 22.8% of his constituents are uninsured.
Bob Inglis (20.1%), is a solid no. He got bought for $325,874.
John Spratt (18.8%) has collected $559,432.
Joe Wilson, who's been on government health care most of his adult life, took $547,496 to screw the 17.2% of his voters who are uninsured.
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