Supporting Bush is immoral--reason number 8

He lied--oh, how he lied--about his support of patient rights when he was governor of Texas.

During the 2000 campaign, Bush bragged about his getting Texas a patients' rights bill, but the truth is that he did everything he could to block its passage. In 1995, he vetoed a patients' rights bill that included report cards on managed care companies, improved emergency room access, and elimination of the gag clause that prevented doctors from explaining all treatment options to patients.

A few years later, Bush did sign some of these reforms into law, but refused to sign legislation that allowed patients to sue managed care companies. He was then overcome by the Texas legislature, and had to let this legislation go through without his signature.