Healthcare is a major campaign issue-for presidential candidates and members of Congress. With a showdown expected over children's health insurance in the next few days, the failure for action on social security, and problems with medical recordkeeping, everyone has a pet healthcare issue. That's why the healthcare industry pumps so much money into elections - they want their voices heard above everyone else (and their water carried).   Jack Lohman over at Nieman Watchdog talks about the influence of healthcare money in our political process and the solution: Clean Elections. Jack says in the piece:   Whatever your issue - energy, environment, high taxes or whatever - follow the money and you'll find politicians at the other end with their hands out, all while claiming a purity we could only hope for.  The only reasonable solution is to have the electoral system financed by the people the politicians should be beholden to, the taxpayers. Private interests are currently funding our public electoral system, the last place you would expect privatization and the free market to exist.   He's right. Clean Elections is a proven reform working in seven states and two cities. Gov Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) even said that without Clean Elections she would not have been able to sign into law a prescription drug bill because of all the lobbyists and campaign donors knocking on her door.