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Public accountability and scientific integrity require that all research results emanating from academic medicine be as free as possible from the taint of financial compromise.
The other major candidate, George W. Bush--who's already swatted McCain a couple of times about the FCC matter--is entirely free of this taint.
These practices are corrosive to the health professions as they taint all health professionals and erode trust in them.
The only question is how far the movement must go to rid itself of the taint it has acquired.
By making Starr look like an obsessed Ahab, Clinton and "First Spear Carrier" James Carville (Gigot) hope to taint the investigation and deter Congress from impeaching the president with the independent counsel's wiggy evidence.