Since the NY Times made their op-eds pay-to-read Ed Cone as been doing a review of them called Dark Times.  In this post he looks at a column by Krugman re. the Medicare drug plan.  The main points:

• The guy running Medicare when the drug plan was pushed through, Thomas Scully, was a health care lobbyist before he was appointed by W.  After the plan went through he left medicare and is now a lobbyist for drug companies.
• The US Representative who was a co-sponsor for the bill on the Hill was Billy Tauzin, who is now the president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA).

Huh.