Louisiana Republican Congressman Joseph Cao, the first Vietnamese ethnic Congressman in history, showed he was a profile in courage when he was the only Republican to vote for the House bill on health care last Saturday night.
Representing one of the poorest districts in the nation, a large section of New Orleans, which has still not recovered from Hurricane Katrina, Cao knew that a large portion of his constituents had no access to health care, and therefore voted his conscience and did what was right for his district, forsaking his party affiliations.
For this, some donors to his congressional reelection campaign have asked for refunds, and it is obvious that the Republican party is not happy with his “rebellion”. He may, very likely, not win reelection, but at least he knows in his heart that he did the proper thing. And for the Republicans to condemn him for his courage is a sign of the bankruptcy of the Republican party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Reagan!