Barack Obama nominated his brother Scott for a federal judgeship (by all accounts he is qualified for the job), but Utah’s Jim Matheson is voting no anyway.

From a local news station:

In a statement, Matheson said the legislation “is too expensive, contains too many special deals, does not contain health care costs and will result in increases in health insurance premiums.”
Matheson said improving health care and providing affordable coverage in Utah will remain “critical” to him, but said he believes supporting the “wrong kind of reform” which will “increase health care costs” will hurt the nation more than it will help.
For those reasons, Matheson said he will vote ‘no’ to the president’s massive health care overhaul. The vote is set to take place in Washington, D.C. Sunday.
“Going forward, I will continue to work in a bipartisan way to fix what is wrong with our health care system, to preserve what is right and to ensure all Utahns have access to the affordable, quality care and coverage they need,” Matheson said.
Matheson has received intense pressure from Utahns on both sides of the debate in recent days. His spokeswoman, Alison Heyrend, says the congressman’s staff has heard from more people on this issue than any issue since he joined Congress a decade ago.