BREAKING: WILL SUNUNU STAND UP TO BUSH'S MEDICARE VETO?

Sununu's $650,000 in campaign cash from the insurance industry has bought two votes so far -- it may yet buy a third

(Manchester, NH) - Today, President Bush vetoed the bipartisan proposal to fix Medicare reimbursement rates and endangered access to health care for over 200,000 New Hampshire seniors and disabled individuals. John Sununu has voted twice against the proposal because he believed it was more important to protect insurance industry profits than access to health care for New Hampshire seniors, but today's veto means Sununu now has an opportunity to reverse his position and stand up for his constituents instead of the insurance industry.

"John Sununu has had two opportunities to protect health care for New Hampshire seniors, and both times he stood with George Bush and protected insurance industry profits instead," said Alex Reese, press secretary for the NHDP's Coordinated Campaign. "Sununu's $650,000 in campaign cash from the insurance indsutry and his loyatly to George Bush have outweighed what's right for New Hampshire twice already. It's time for Sununu to stop being part of the problem and protect Medicare for New Hampshire."

Sununu's two votes against the Medicare fix proposal endangered access to health care for over 200,000 New Hampshire seniors and disabled individuals and over 29,000 military retirees and family members who rely on Tricare. Sununu stood with Bush and against a broad coalition of New Hampshire doctors, seniors, disabled individuals, military retirees and their families in opposing the proposal.