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Roadblock Roundup for August 13

Cornyn's Health Care Plan: Don't Get Sick
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) believes that the national health care system should be modeled off the "superior" Texas health care system, ranked 48th in terms of care and efficiency and with 25% of citizens uninsured.

You'll go far in this business, kid
The man who first appointed Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to office, former Alaska Governor Walter Hickel, thinks it is time for Stevens to leave office. He makes it unclear whether he thinks Stevens should resign, retire, or just get voted out.

All previously conservative things in moderation
It isn't just abortion that Bob Schaffer, Republican running for Senate in Colorado, is changing his postion on. The man who ran as "The real Republican, the real conservative" in 1996 has suddenly found himself quite moderate on the issues in this election.

MIA
Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) will not be attending the Republican National Convention. This makes him the sixth Republican in a Senate race this year who will not attend.

From the same government that claims drilling in the arctic won't upset Caribou
Gordon Smith (R-Gordon Smith) is supporting a Bush proposal to change the way endangered species are classified. The new method would remove the scientific consensus surrounding a species' addition to the list and instead have government organizations decide whether a project will interfere with an endangered plant or animal's welfare.