Yet another defection from the GOP

The Republican Party has become so small in its actual number of backers that you can almost fit it in an Omni.

Up in Maine, State Rep. Jim Campbell announced yesterday that he's bolting from the Republican Party to become an independent. Campbell cites the Republicans' ongoing incompetence at reining in health care.

The last thing the Maine GOP needed was to lose another legislator. The Republicans were already outnumbered by the Democrats 95 to 56 in the Maine House.

Unfortunately, it's not as if the Democrats are still the progressive champions that we have a right to expect them to be. Earlier this year, they rejected a bill that would have barred corporations from receiving rights that are supposed to be enjoyed only by people.

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