>> guest: that was about a year i worked with senator nancy kassebaum. c-span: on her staff? >> guest: yeah. on her committee staff. she was the ranking member on the health and human services--labor and human services staff. c-span: had you been political before you got to this situation, or do you consider yourself political today? >> guest: no, i'd never been political at all. i never voted until '92. and--no, i never was... c-span: because you're using your--the title of your book, "pc, m.d. ," "politically correct, m.d." >> guest: yeah. no, i understand. and when i--in fact, when i went to work for senator kassebaum, i went to work with her because the robert wood johnson fellowship the fellows in that fellowship--it had been going on since the '70s--had so routinely worked for democrats so they just begged somebody to go with a republican, and i thought, 'well, ok. i will.' it turned out to be the most magnificent experience. and i guess i did become somewhat politicized after it. i switched parties and joined the republican party. but... c-span: did you work--at some p