I sent an email to Eric Massa some time back, thanking him for voting against HR 3962, and specified that I didn't need a reply, as I'm not one of his constituents. I got a 'form letter' response anyway, and thought I would share it.

Dear [hipparchia]:

Because you have previously been in touch about health issues, I am writing to let you know why I voted "no" on the 2009 major health care reform bill (H.R. 3962). Being accountable to you for my actions, perhaps you will forgive a detailed response.

Marcy Kaptur is on C-Span right now talking glowingly about the anti-women's rights addition to the Insurance Industry Protection Act.

Sigh.

Now somebody else [Christopher Smith] is up, talking about the huge number of babies who would have been killed and all the mothers who would have been wounded without the intervention of the brave right-to-life souls who got this amendment into the bill.

Eric Massa and Dennis Kucinich voted against the bill. Thank you.

Alan Grayson, John Conyers, and Anthony Weiner voted for the bill. Hard to blame them, as there are good things tucked into this bill among all the other stuff we could really have done without. Thanks, guys [not].

October 10, 2009, Albany, NY

The day’s activities will include:
-Presentations on national and state developments in the struggle for healthcare reform
-Strategies for building a grassroots movement
-Opportunities to meet and share with other activists from around the State
-Speakers include: Congressmen Paul Tonko and Eric Massa, Anthony Weiner invited.

Albany Medical College
Albany, NY
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Pre-registration appreciated: ateuthemia [at] nycap [dot] rr [dot] com
Questions: healthylink [at] earthlink [dot] net
For more information go to: www.singlepayernewyork.org