LET'S BE FRANK: LOBBYIST ALTMIRE VOTED AGAINST OBAMACARE BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD BUSINESS FOR HIM

Lobbyist Altmire will tell you that he "courageously": voted against Healthcare reform.    We have a different theory.  His contentious vote opened up thousands of dollars of healthcare industry donations to him.  While he never intended to vote for this bill, even though he ran on Universal Healthcare reform in 2006,  Lobbyist Altmire played a cynical game of deep deliberation.  Frankly his vote against Labor and our region's Middle Class has been lucrative for him in other ways.  He has been able to leverage this vote to become a Fox News star.  So working tirelessly for K Street Special interests like the Healthcare lobby,  is much better business for Lobbyist Altmire rather than listening to Jack Shea and the Pittsburgh Labor Council.  Quite frankly,  whether Lobbyist Altmire remains on the primary ballot or not, a lucrative career on K Street and as a Fox News analyst awaits.  Being a Fox New analyst and a Washington insider pays well!   Just ask Rick Santorum or Speaker Gingrich