Monday, July 20, 2009

Can the shrimpers' doctor navigate the seas of partisanship?

From the L.A. Times...

Dr. Regina Benjamin, Obama's nominee for surgeon general, is a hero in Bayou La Batre, Ala., because of the care she gives to the uninsured. Her healthcare fight is about to get a lot bigger.

Reporting from Bayou La Batre, Ala. -- Like most everyone in this small, scruffy city of boat builders and fishermen, Sammy Duffy tends to rave about surgeon general nominee Regina Benjamin and all that she has done for the hard-working people here who labor without the safety net of health insurance.

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