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I'll let the first few paragraphs from this NY Times article speak for itself:

The Bush administration has been going to court to block lawsuits by consumers who say they have been injured by prescription drugs and medical devices. The administration contends that consumers cannot recover damages for such injuries if the products have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In court papers, the Justice Department acknowledges that this position reflects a "change in governmental policy," and it has persuaded some judges to accept its arguments, most recently scoring a victory in the federal appeals court in Philadelphia. Allowing consumers to sue manufacturers would "undermine public health" and interfere with federal regulation of drugs and devices, by encouraging "lay judges and juries to second-guess" experts at the F.D.A., the government said in siding with the maker of a heart pump sued by the widow of a Pennsylvania man. Moreover, it said, if such lawsuits succeed, some good products may be removed from the market, depriving patients of beneficial treatments."

After watching that Bill Moyers speech the other night, I reread his previous speech to the Take Back America conference last year. I've been thinking more and more about the points he made on pages 5 and 6 about Rove's admitted obsession with the McKinley Presidency. I don't know what's more amazing - that he chose that god awful administration as his model, or that he's been so successful in replicating its destructive successes. Let's all pray the the result of this administration is as much a progressive uprising as that that followed McKinley. No, Kerry is no Teddy Roosevelt, but perhpas his successor will be. --------