In a May 15, 2009, Op-Ed entitled "Health-care Status Quo Pushing Out Single-Payer Advocates in Nation’s Capital," which appeared in the Seattle Sun Times, Amy Goodman, of Democracy Now, referred to Montana State Senator Christine Kaufmann, of the Montana Human Rights Network, and her sponsorship of an amendment to the Montana Constitution that would grant everyone in Montana "the right to quality health care regardless of ability to pay."