Mixing politics with pleasure. An AHA vice president organizes a fund-raiser for the Bush-Cheney campaign. Does this constitute a conflict of interest?
An American Hospital Association lobbyist's fund-raiser for the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign last week at Washington's Capitol Hill Club raised eyebrows, along with questions about the gray area between personal advocacy and the industry's political agenda. The AHA was not involved in the event, association officials say, but some observers remain skeptical.
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