Medical treatment an issue in Pa. race

[RedEarth]

WASHINGTON - The Democratic challenger to Rep. Curt Weldon said Wednesday that any criticism of his family's decisions on medical treatment for his 4-year-old daughter, stricken with a malignant brain tumor, was unacceptable.

"Any remarks regarding my daughter Alexandria's treatment will not be tolerated," Joe Sestak said. His daughter is being treated at Children's Hospital in Washington.

A story published Wednesday in The Hill said Weldon, R-Pa., suggested in an interview that Sestak should have sent his daughter to a hospital in Philadelphia or Delaware instead of one in Washington.

In the statement, Sestak said he and his wife chose to have their daughter treated at Children's Hospital because of its expertise on pediatric brain tumors.

"I believe these medical choices should be left in the hands of parents and family members throughout the country and not in the hands of bureaucrats, special interests and especially not in the hands of politicians like Curt Weldon," Sestak said.


http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/politics/14271801.htm

[KingFlorez]

1. Have they no integrity?

We already know the answer. I just hope this digs Weldon a hole he can't get out of.

[ninkasi]

2. Just when I think

that the Republican party has descended to the ultimate depth of sleaze and hypocrisy, they go even deeper into the most outrageous depths of filth. This is completely, and totally, unacceptable. This is the "moral" party, the party which represents American "values"? God help us if it is.