I am Tom Freeland, a lawyer in Oxford, Mississippi. The picture in the header is my law office. I'm on Twitter as NMissC
I started (co)blogging as NMC in early 2008 on the Folo blog, (with coblogger Lotus); that blog went on hiatus in March, 2009. In 2005, I covered Fifth Circuit cases for the (now defunct) Appellate Law and Practice blog.

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Rep. Cao (R-LA) from New Orleans was lone Republican vote for the House health care bill

One interesting footnote to ex-congressman Jefferson and his corruption:  In the last election, his presence on the ballot produced a Republican congressman, Ahn Cao,  in an extremely safe Democratic district.  Yesterday, Ahn Cao was the lone Republican vote for the House health care bill.   Here’s Cao’s explanation of his vote– a major part of which was the passage of restricts on use of insurance funds on abortions.   Here’s a Talking Points memo story about Cao’s vote.

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