"Corn on Hardball": Where Did the Eikenberry Leak Come From?

Fri Nov. 13, 2009 3:48 PM PST

David Corn and Susan Page joined Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball to discuss the murky origins and potential motivations of the leak of Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry's cables cautioning against a troop increase in Afghanistan.

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Nearly four dozen members of Congress have spouses employed in the health care industry — ties that lawmakers acknowledge are influencing their thinking about how the health system should be overhauled.

Financial disclosure forms made public in mid-June showed that at least 39 members were tied to the industry by their spouses in 2008. In addition, 13 full-voting House members are medical doctors.

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