A COMMENT THAT DOES AT LEAST MAKE CLEAR...:

Rep. Maloney: 9/11 Bill 'Should Have Passed Nine Years Ago’; Obama ‘With Us in Spirit’ (Rick Klein, 12/22/10, ABC News)

A deal is at hand – finally – to pass the bill providing health benefits and compensation to 9/11 first responders.

To some members of the New York congressional delegation, it caps a nine-year-old fight.

“It is so fair, it is so right, it should have passed nine years ago,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., told us today.

...that this has nothing to do with whether there are any actual health effects associated with 9-11.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 22, 2010 3:52 PM