It happened again. My on-the-verge-of-50 savvy and life experience could not prevent my jaw from dropping. I’m aware lobbyists have influence in Congress. But this was another case of “I didn’t know what I didn’t know.”
IMAGINE
Imagine a member of Congress saying publicly, for the record: “A lobbyist for a major pharmaceutical company has convinced me that ….” Well, we don’t really need to finish such a statement. “A lobbyist convinced me” is not the quickest route to credibility. And yet …