"Good news for Tom Daschle and the country.

Really bad news for Alston + Bird and Bob Dole.

Alston + Bird's very large healthcare lobbying practice is about to lose a number of its members to the HHS and those who don't chose to go into government service will have to deal with the ethical restrictions that will then be placed on Senator Daschle and any other A+B lawyers who move to HHS. All of them then will be barred from acting on issues that affect their former clients.

First Bob Dole's wife lost her job, now he's lost a large chunk of his lobbying practice.

Bummer. " 

                                                                                                               -- Bara Vaida