For the second day in a row now, Fox News’ Shepard Smith used his 3 p.m. show to publicly shame specific Republicans for blocking passage of the bill that would fund healthcare for ailing 9/11 first responders. Yesterday, Shep called out a dozen Senators who refused to come on his show and explain themselves. Today, Shep singled out Senator Tom Coburn, a conservative’s conservative, who is at this point the last Republican still willing to publicly block the bill from coming to the floor. 

Salon

He’s the last person I’d vote for for president of the United States. [He] doesn’t know anything about commitment to marriage. His life indicates he does not have a commitment to the character traits necessary to be a great president.

Sen. Tom Coburn: Newt Gingrich ‘last person I’d vote for’

POLITICO

KARL: How would you have voted, knowing all that you know — I mean, now you know his entire record as a justice — would you have voted no on a Thurgood Marshall nomination?

COBURN: I have no idea. I don’t know his writings. I think that’s an important part of her [Elena Kagan] history, but not as important the two things that I just mentioned.

Sen. Tom Coburn Has ‘no idea’ if he’d have voted to confirm Thurgood Marshall

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