Richard Carmona in Politico.com

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Carmona's spokesman responded: "Republicans twice tried to recruit Dr. Carmona to run for office because they know he is a lifelong independent who has broad appeal to Arizona's diverse electorate. It's no secret Dr. Carmona disagreed with Ms. Beato's attempts to politicize the Office of the Surgeon General--but these accusations simply aren't true. Dr. Carmona is saddened that our politics has been reduced to malicious and false personal attacks launched by partisans. These baseless accusations do nothing to move our country forward."