As his campaign continues to gather momentum in the last two months before the primary election, fightin' prairie populist Jon Tester (video:
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If anyone needed more reason to vote for Jon Tester, President Bush's "sort of" endorsement of Conrad Burns at a Washington, DC fundraiser on Monday was a quote for the top page of the DSCC: "I kind of like being on the same platform as Conrad Burns because he makes me sound like Shakespeare," said Bush. http://www.greatfallstribune.com/...
Also, yesterday, after Tester's ongoing lobbying, the Montana Attorney General issued a ruling that women's reproductive rights would receive the same coverage under Montanan's public assistance insurance as any other medical treatment.
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Beyond his strong support for women's health care, Jon is an also anadvocate of universal single payer health care system for the United States--the perfect blend of private insurance coverage with universal access to that coverage for all Americans with no monetary discrimination for health insurance because of age, sex or infirmity.
Added to his background in organic farming, and his strong advocacy of alternative energy, biofuels, ethics in Congress and a mile-wide streak of Rocky Mountain land ethics and common sense, and it's easy to understand why Jon's a great candidate to bring back the legacy of Montana's super senator and Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield.
Check out his website at: http://www.testerforsenate.com and donate before the March 31 deadline.