Senator Tom Carper's ethics

UPDATED
 The Obama Administration cut a secret backroom deal with pharmaceutical companies.   Fearful of a public outcry, some Congressional Democrats are distancing themselves from the deal.  But not Sen. Carper:

Senator Tom Carper, Democrat of Delaware, warned that it would be unethical for Democrats to back away from the agreement with the drug industry, which was reached by top White House officials working closely with the Finance Committee chairman, Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana.

“This is not the way that I would like to be treated,” Mr. Carper said. ‘Whether you like PhRMA or not, we have a deal.”

"(T)he Delaware Democrat has raised $238,460 from health insurers alone since 2000, and $341,464 from pharmaceutical companies" according to Open Secrets.

Even if American taxpayers would be getting a bad deal, it's considered "ethical" for a US senator to remain loyal to the corporate executives who fund his campaigns.

Perhaps that's why these senators call themselves "blue dogs."  They are loyal to their master.
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Suggested reading for Sen. Carper:  Constitutional topic: Checks and balances. Under the US system, the legislative branch has the final say on any deals cut by the executive branch involving money.   Is it  unethical for a senator to fulfill his responsibilities under the Constitution?
Photo:  Blue dogs Baucus, Carper, Grassely.   See this post to read about my visit to the Blue Dog House.