Cantwell, who turns 42 this month, is a former House member who made millions as an Internet technology company executive. She is spending millions of dollars of her own money in a race that promises to break state spending records. In several campaign appearances Burns suggested that many people go without health insurance by choice. And on a Billings radio talk show last month, he said others go to the doctor to socialize. I've got to be honest with you.
Some folks go to the doctor . . . because they want somebody to visit with.
Democrats expect to lose a seat to the GOP here, where Democratic Sen. Richard Bryan is retiring. Former Rep. John Ensign, who ran unsuccessfully for the Senate two years ago, is favored to win. Sen. Chuck Robb, the Democratic incumbent, is the underdog to former Gov. George Allen, a Republican. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is favored to keep for the Democrats the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Democrats are giving up hope of ousting Sen. Rick Santorum, a combative conservative who had seemed vulnerable.