You think that somehow they didn't come after me to get rid of me because my vote is the deciding vote in the health care bill? Then, ladies and gentlemen, you live today in a world that is so innocent as to not understand what's going on in Washington, D.C.

He also supported a system for universal health care. On March 10 2010 The Washington Post reported that Massa was under investigation for allegations that he had groped multiple male staffers working in his office.

A Democrat Massa resigned under the cloud of a pending House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct. He also said he was pressured to step down because he had opposed the health care reform bill due to its lack of a public option. Eric James Joseph Massa (born 16 September 1959) is a former U.