Quick links before bed

Oklahoma GOP Senate candidate Tom Coburn may be guilty of Medicare fraud and is, quite honestly a little disturbing:

One of the most competitive Senate races in the country turned nasty this week, as former GOP congressman and obstetrician Tom Coburn has had to respond to published reports that he committed Medicaid fraud 14 years ago.

The allegation stems from a medical malpractice suit brought by a 20-year-old woman who said that Coburn, without her permission, removed one of her fallopian tubes, which left her sterilized. The case never went to trial, but court documents first reported this week by Salon.com show that Coburn withheld information about the sterilization in submitting a bill to Medicaid for a related procedure involving a troubled pregnancy because the Medicaid program does not cover the sterilization of anyone younger than 21. Coburn said he withheld the information to ensure the woman was reimbursed for the cost of removing the other fallopian tube in which a fetus was lodged.

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Coburn has advocated the death penalty for abortionists, and said the state was not attracting business because of some undefined "crapheads" blocking it in Oklahoma City.

Might I suggest a saner voice?

Lord help me, it just seems like a bad idea:

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, an Orange County, Calif., Republican and longtime friend of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, introduced a constitutional amendment yesterday to allow foreign-born Americans who have been citizens for 20 years to run for president.

John Kerry on Letterman Monday night.

Kos has the latest Harris interactive results. Kerry 48, Bush 47.