The fat check to veto the State Children's Health Insurance

My prediction that the Tobacco Companies were writing fat checks to insure that the State Children's Health Insurance would get vetoed has been confirmed. An estimated 12 million dollars has been spent by the tobacco industry. The money should have been donated to the Children's Health Insurance program rather than bribing the so-called elected officials. If the tobacco company contributed funds directly to the Insurance program the amount of taxes on tobacco products may have been reduced. However the tobacco company clearly will pay any cost to prevent an increase on their products. In addition payment to insure the veto reveals that the tobacco company has an upper hand over elected officials.