Attorney general withdraws objection to Kinder health care lawsuit

Two days after Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder filed an amended motion, stipulating that he was not representing the state of Missouri in his lawsuit against the federal  health care program, Attorney General Chris Koster dropped his objection to the action. Koster's objections were first revealed in the July 9 Turner Report.

Kinder issued the following statement today:

"Late today, Attorney General Koster withdrew his motion to intervene in our constitutional challenge against the overreaching federal health care mandate. "This action is a tremendous victory for the people of Missouri who have overwhelmingly voiced their opposition to the policies of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. "We will continue our progress in federal court in the coming months. My hope is that together we will repeal this law and replace it with real reform for all Americans."