From the AP:
The pharmaceutical industry quietly footed the bill for at least part of a recent multimillion-dollar [$10 million] ad campaign praising lawmakers [almost all Republicans] who support the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, according to political officials.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims credit for the ads, although a spokesman refused repeatedly to say whether it had received any funds from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America….
The officials who described PhRMA’s involvement said they did not know whether the industry had given the Chamber money to cover the entire cost of the ads and other elements of an election-year voter mobilization effort, or merely a portion.
