>The more things change, the more they stay the same:
>http://www.nypost.com/seven/11142006/news/nationalnews/junket_for_democrat_corruption_crunchers_nationalnews_geoff_earle.htm

Yep, same old cronies. There is no way Rangel paid his own way (ie., out of his own pocket). I would bet serious money of my own that he used his Congressional travel budget. So Pfizer is not a lobbyist? No more so than they are an eeeevil pharmaceutical company that makes obscene profits on the backs of the poor, infirm, aged and every other victim group in the US.