CQ Politics: Forget Nov., Dems looking bad for 2012, too

September 9, 2010 | 12:38 pm

In The News

Heck on EMILY’s List

The pro-woman fund is targeting Joe Heck, most particularly for voting against an insurance mandate to cover the HPV vaccine that is linked to cervical cancer. Heck says it did it because it drives up costs, but I have to wonder: Does it drive up costs more than treating an advanced case of cervical cancer? And isn’t an increased cost worth it if it saves lives?

Coburn lied about Ensign affair, too?

DailyKos reviews a recently published account of the C Street residents confronting John Ensign about his affair, and finds some discrepancies from the story told by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn about his role in the matter.

Angle: ‘I’ll be a mainstream senator’

Sharron Angle tells CNN that Harry Reid has misquoted her and that “I’ll be a mainstream senator” if elected.

Heller, Porter make ‘what if’ list

Politico’s Top 10 “What Ifs” of the midterm election wonders what would have happened had Dean Heller or Jon Porter challenged Harry Reid for re-election. We’d have avoided debates about chickens and black jerseys, to be sure, and Reid might be facing a much more difficult job today.

Ensign confronted repeatedly over affair

John Ensign‘s fellow believers had to confront him twice before he finally ended his affair with Cindy Hampton, the New Yorker finds in an article that delves into the quasi-Christian group behind the infamous C Street house.

Some Democrats run from health care

Democrats who cast “no” votes on health care reform earlier this year are highlighting those votes in their re-election bids, while Politico couldn’t locate a Democrat running on having voted “yes” on the law. Maybe if it had included a public option?