Senator Mel Martinez Fesses Up Over Infamous Schiavo Talking Points Memo

Posted on April 7, 2005

The gig is up for Senator Mel Martinez (R-Florida); he finally admitted that it was his office that drafted the now infamous memo saying how great the Schiavo case could be for Republicans politically. The hot potato memo has been denounced by every single Senator, as they all tried to edge away from the cliff of negative public opinion over Congress' meddling in the Schiavo case. According to Raw Story, Martinez's aide drafted the memo which he had in a coat pocket. Then, a Three Stooges Moment occurred:

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, asked for information on the bill a Martinez authored in regards to the Schiavo case, Martinez said, and Martinez "pulled a one-page document from his coat pocket and handed to Harkin," according to AP.

"Unbeknownst to me," Martinez revealed, "I had given him a copy of the now infamous memo."