John Cornyn is a heartless bastard

How else do you explain the Texas senator's vote against insuring children? Last night Cornyn sided with 31 other Republicans in saying our children are far less important than big business (namely cigarette manufacturers and we all know what heroes those folks are). This was another example of this clown playing partisan politics over what's in the best interests of the people he is supposed to be representing. Geez, 66 senators (which means many Republicans) voted for this.

Someone, anyone, must come up with a credible candidate to challenge Cornyn when he's up for re-election again in 2014. That's bad for us here in Texas because we have to suffer this clown for another five years, but it's good for those looking for someone to challenge him. Where's Lloyd Doggett when we really need him?

Here's the final straw: The money needed to pay to provide insurance to low-income children and certain pregnant women will come from raising the cigarette tax from 39 cents to $1 a pack. That's a double anti-health whammy Cornyn delivered -- favoriing cigarette manufacturers over the health of children.

The sooner we're rid of this guy, the better.