While some sunlight has been shed on the
hefty sums shoveled into congressional campaign coffers in an effort to
influence the Democrats’ massive healthcare bill, little attention has
been focused on the far larger sums received by President Barack Obama
while he was a candidate in 2008.
A new figure, based on an exclusive
analysis created for Raw Story by the Center for Responsive Politics,
shows that President Obama received a staggering $20,175,303 from the
healthcare industry during the 2008 election cycle, nearly three times
the amount of his presidential rival John McCain. McCain took in
$7,758,289, the Center found.’
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