The Bush Campaign is trying to make a major issue out of the fact that John Kerry's campaign accepted $34,000 from the HMO/Health Care Industry and $56,000 from the Pharmceutical/Health Products Industry and that he accepted a $2,000 speaking fee from Chevron. This is chump change.
Meanwhile, George W.'s campaign has accepted $4.3 million from the Pharmaceutical/health products industry, $969,000 from the hospital/nursing home industry and $1.3 million from the oil/gas industry.
Here's more on the topic:
http://www.bop2004.org/bop2004/report.aspx?aid=132 http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/report.asp?ReportID=549&L1=10&L2=10&L3=0&L4=0&L5=0