Boston Globe - Feb. 5, 2009 - By Joan Vennochi
WHETHER or not he paid his taxes, Tom Daschle was never the best person to lead the charge on healthcare reform. Reform means shaking up the establishment. Daschle is the establishment, just like other Cabinet picks made by President Obama.
Daschle wrote bravely about healthcare reform in a recent book he co-authored. But the former Senate majority leader also moved seamlessly into the private sector, where he quickly cashed in on his political connections. He earned millions from the same healthcare industry that Obama pledges to reform.
He withdrew his name from nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services after disclosures that he failed to pay substantial taxes. But his financial ties to healthcare-related companies should have raised more serious questions about his ability to deliver on Obama's promises. (Continues...)
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