Why in God’s name would you want to co-sponsor legislation with Teddy Kennedy that will increase the size and scope of the federal government and its regulatory powers?
John Cornyn, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins have done so. They have lent their names to legislation sponsored by Teddy Kennedy to give the FDA regulatory oversight of tobacco.
I have no problem with taxing tobacco out of existence — as long as that’s what is being done and not just using that excuse like Charlie Crist recently did when it was clear the taxes were actually to balance a budget.
I do have a problem with expanding the FDA’s jurisdiction into agriculture more than it is. I do have a problem expanding their regulatory powers into areas that have never been within their scope. We have, after all, as a nation, done pretty damn well without the FDA being involved in every aspect of our lives.
