FRIST OFFENSE: Senator Bill Frist has a few problems of his own. Particularly his venal sponsorship of Senate Bill 2053, which limits the ability of parents with children who were harmed after being given vaccines containing Thimerosal, to hold the drugmaker, Eli Lilly, accountable.

For some reason, it was made part of the Homeland Security bill. The Washington Post wondered "who" put the measure there. Given Frist's sponsorship of the seperate bill, and his defense of it on the Senate floor, I think we can trace the smoking gun back to the Senator from Tenessee.

According to the Post,
"Under the provision, a raft of Thimerosal lawsuits will be redirected from state courts to the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, which caps damages and sharply limits who can file suits against vaccine makers. Proponents say the provision merely closes a loophole, which had been exploited by trial lawyers claiming that Thimerosal was a vaccine "contaminant" not subject to existing legal regulations."

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