A member of the Bill McCollum campaign sends an email to defend the Attorney General from Rick Scott’s (and Erick Erickson’s) abuse-of-power charges regarding a lawsuit against Scott’s health care company Solantic.

1. On the charge that McCollum used his position to push the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate Scott: “FDLE is not under day-to-day control of Bill McCollum, so Rick Scott’s claims that he is using his office to go after on Solantic are patently untrue.”

2. On the charge that the McCollum campaign drummed up disgruntled doctors: “While Dr. Prokes did contact the campaign, it was after he had already been speaking to members of the media.”

3. On the brouhaha in general: “Rick Scott’s campaign is trying to divert the issue from the real question — if he is running an open and transparent campaign, specifically on his business record, why would he not release a deposition that was taken days before his campaign announcement concerning possible fraud that was very similar to the type of fraud committed at HCA/Columbia … that deposition will either clear his name or reveal more issues — what is he hiding?”