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At a town hall meeting, Sen. Tom Coburn criticized Fox News, saying it peddled false information about the health care bill, and he chastised constituents who had nasty things to say about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

It’s not exactly the kind of thing you expect from Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican who has become a hero of sorts to fiscal conservatives and the tea party movement, not only for his opposition to the health care bill but also his track record as one of the Senate’s toughest fiscal conservatives. He’s even nicknamed “Dr. No” for his record of blocking bills he opposes, usually on fiscal grounds.

But Coburn has distinguished himself in another way: he’s really tired of how nasty politics has become in the nation.