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FRIST: DOING ASBESTOS HE CAN?

Paso Robles, Calif.

I applaud Paul Brodeur's May 3 "Educating Senator Frist," on asbestos litigation. My father worked for Johns-Manville and was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1997 and died of this horrible disease one year later. He was 69. I witnessed his decline and it was not a pretty sight. Senator Frist should follow an asbestos victim from diagnosis to death; maybe he'd change his mind about letting the companies that are responsible off the hook. It's not about the money. I've lost out on some great quality time with my dad, for which I would trade any amount of money. So, please, Senator Frist, vote against your bill. I don't think Halliburton will be crumbling under the weight of its obligations to families across America.

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