In an age of extreme political incivility, when politics is based not on policy but on talking points, sound bites, retorts, and inflammatory rhetoric, it is very rare to see genuine friendship and respect among opposing parties' members. But Tom Coburn (R-OK), one of the most
obstructionist Senators in history and a fierce opponent of nearly every government initiative, recently spoke out against incivility and blind hatred.
On C-SPAN, Coburn
noted his close personal friendship with President Obama (a stronger one, he said, than his friendship with George W. Bush). And at an Oklahoma town meeting, he actually
defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi against boos and jeers from the crowd. He even called out Fox News on its proliferation of misinformation (specifically, that you will go to jail if you don't have health insurance).
