THE NO-FAULT CONYOU'LL BE SQUEEZED BY THE GOOD HANDS

Of course, the opposition isn't exactly destitute. Trial lawyers in and out of Arizona are lining up, checkbooks in hand, to battle no-fault.

"Quite simply, I'm out of business if no-fault passes," says one Valley attorney whose firm does a high volume of accident-injury cases. "Beyond the fact that drivers are going to get screwed, so am I."

Are we supposed to cry? No, but opponents of no-fault, who readily acknowledge that lawyers are the source of their funding, point out that just because something is bad for lawyers, it isn't necessarily good for the public.

"The difference between us and them," says Jon Hinz of the no-fault opponents, "is that we've never denied having the support of trial lawyers. We do, and so what? That doesn't make no-fault a better idea."

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As it turns out, the insurance industry's front groups not only paid for the letter, they bought Betty Tamisiea as well.

At stake is the most radical auto-insurance reform plan ever proposed in the nation.

"What's wrong with giving people a choice? People are allowed to buy Yugos, and that's stupid."

"There are bills to pay, and the insurance company is going to sneak out on the whole thing."

It's true there are only six insurance companies financially supporting no-fault. But they are a very special six.

The TV commercial features black-suited lawyers marching like automatons over victims, then enjoying the spoils over a drink by the pool.