The XX Factor : thimerosal, Hillary Clintonhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/thimerosal/Hillary+Clinton/default.aspxTags: thimerosal, Hillary ClintonenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)My Nominee for Most Irksome Pander: Vaccines and Autismhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/24/my-nominee-for-most-irksome-pander-vaccines-and-autism.aspxThu, 24 Apr 2008 14:48:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2642Emily Bazelon0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/2642.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2642Ann, your smart post tees me up to protest one particular pander: the candidates' unwillingess to speak the scientific truth that there is no evidence of a link between mercury in vaccines and autism. McCain is the worst on this. From the Washington Post...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/24/my-nominee-for-most-irksome-pander-vaccines-and-autism.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2642" width="1" height="1">Barack ObamaJohn McCainHillary Clinton'08 electionautismthimerosal