this article authored by mark melman supported the majority leader's efforts to discredit the stories being told of americans who are having struggles and those who had lost their health care coverage as a result of obamacare. the majority leader read the column on the senate floor literally word for word. however, he stopped just short at the end of the column, and i wanted to finish reading the footnote of the column that he chose not to read. it was about the author. it says -- quote -- "melman is president of the melman group and has worked for democratic candidates and causes since 1982. current clients include the majority leader of the senate and the democrat whip in the house. i just want to complete the record that the majority leader is reading an article by a democrat consultant employed by the majority leader to furnish evidence that what he's saying about the untruths of people who are complaining about obamacare is based upon fact. mark melman really is not the person to be quoting as to whether or not the affordable care act is working. i'd also like to point out that o

nationally known known -- profession, this yum is written by a nationally known pollster named mark melman -- need to ask ourselves hard questions about where the line is we want crossed. when does pursuit of victory at any price exhort too high a price? politicians, political parties are media that fail to condemn these tactics as well as broadcasters that air these ads and the consultants who make them are all complicit in the kochs' immorality. mr. president, this is the truth. this is the truth. what is going on with these two brothers who made billions of dollars last year in an attempt to buy our democracy is does honest, deceptive, false and unfair. just because you have huge amounts of money you should not be able to run these false, misleading ads by the hundreds of millions of dollars. they hide behind all kinds of entities, mr. president,. it's just their front organization, americans for prosperity. but they give money to all kinds of organizations, lots of money. you see, when you make billions of dollars a year you can be as immoral and dishonest as your money will allow you