Joseph Cao is a congressman representing a district in New Orleans that is mostly black, Democratic, and that was hit hard by Katrina. He is a Republican, a Vietnamese immigrant, and a former Catholic seminarian. Last Saturday he was the only member of his party to vote for the Democrats' health care bill in the House. He says he had to vote his conscience and vote for what the people of his district need and want.
Cao won his seat in a special election to replace the old Democratic black representative who was convicted of corruption after $90,000 in cash was discovered in his freezer by the FBI. Can Mr. Cao keep his seat in next year's election? Can he remain a Republican? Stay tuned, but right now Joseph Cao is the face of conscience in the U.S. Congress.
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