Sen. Orrin Hatch would like to thank people for smoking.

In the first nine months of 2005, Hatch accepted $13,000 in campaign contributions from tobacco companies.

If accepting kickbacks from tobacco companies is one of Hatch's moral values, then I'd hate to see what his immoral values are.

Jason Hsu,

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page A6.

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