I promise. This hasn't turned into a "Punt Pat Roberts" blog, folks...the guy just can't seem to do anything right this week!

When the Democratic-led Congress started debating a big Food and Drug Administration bill earlier this year, pharmaceutical companies worried that it would sharply restrict one of their most powerful sales-boosting tools -- drug ads. But in the final bill, which passed the House overwhelmingly on Wednesday and the Senate last night, such marketing is largely spared. One major reason: the drug industry found powerful allies among media and advertising firms who were determined to protect one of their biggest and fastest-growing advertising categories. ...

So who was the "hero" that put the checkbooks of Big Drug Companies over those of Kansas families?

In the Senate, Kansas Republican Pat Roberts fought against the moratorium and won when his amendment was added to the bill.

All in a days work for Pat...