Re: why was this law passed?
As I understand it, Frist wanted to add a "moral victory" to his list of achievements to help his presidential run in 2008, and to suckup to Leach helping him with Iowa primaries or whatever, Im not very good at this stuff though.
And as far as how it passed, thats just how our system works. I remember the first time I saw the Simpsons episode where Krusty becomes a congressman and attaches his Airplane ReRouting Bill to the must pass "Flags for Orphans" bill I didnt even believe our political process could be so horribly constructed, but hey, there it is.
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