But the Senate is currently slated to clamp down on the Joe Citizenry of Coburn. Senate rules currently allow those who practice medicine, such as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, to continue to do so free of charge to their patients. Coburn wants just enough to cover overhead and continue to serve his patients.
A Senate Ethics Committee ruling would have Coburn shut down his medical practice by the end of September — citing a potential conflict of interest in his profession as an obstetrician — or risk censure by the Senate.
But censuring him is simply a bad prescription.
Coburn won't be shut down, however. He has insisted: "I'm going to continue to practice medicine either way, one way or the other."
Watch this guy. He's just the kind of maverick we need up there.
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