Afternoon Round-Up

Health Care
“You would have to be dead to be unaffected by Moore’s movie”: That’s from a confidential memo written and circulated by Capital Blue Cross’s VP of Corporate Communications Barclay Fitzpatrick who was worried that Michael Moore’s “Sicko” could damage the health insurance industry’s profits.

Iraq War
War costs could total $1.4 trillion.

Blogging the Revolution
More pressure on Iranian media as another pro-reformist journal gets shut down.

The ‘08 Race
More trouble for suspended South Carolina treasurer and Giuliani aide Thomas Ravenel who was indicted last month on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute less than 500 grams of cocaine. He may have also broken state ethics rules by shilling for the Giuliani campaign on government time.

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