Last night, James Dobson’s Focus on the Family fired back at Dick Armey over comments he made in my book:

Focus on the Family Action President Jim Daly said it’s shocking the former congressman would attack millions of values voters who helped Armey and other social conservatives gain control of Congress.

“Values voters expect to hear such cruel insults from the Left,” he said, “but not from a champion of family values, as Mr. Armey once claimed to be.”
Daly said there is “absolutely no doubt” that Dr. Dobson will continue to defend the family.

“Perhaps Mr. Armey should spend less time with the ACLU, for whom he is now a paid consultant,” Daly said, “and more time apologizing to American families.”

They also got responses from some conservative congressmen, including Sen. Tom Coburn:

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who also served under Armey when he was a member of the House, said the former Texas congressman and fiscal conservative has no business making such comments.

“I don’t know why he’s mad now, but his characterization is totally inappropriate,” Coburn said. “I’m sorry Dick Armey feels that way.

“Dr. Dobson has done more to advance the cause of moral excellence than anybody I know in this country,” Coburn said.

Coburn took special exception to comments Armey made accusing Dobson of supposedly pressuring Congress in 2005 to pass legislation trying to protect Terri Schiavo from being starved and dehydrated to death.

Coburn, a strong conservative lawmaker as well as a licensed physician, rejected the charge.

“Dr. Dobson didn’t force anything to happen here,” he said. “The fact is, men of conscience and women of conscience in the Senate felt this was a situation that ought to be addressed — and they took action.”

Nope. That Terri Schiavo mess didn’t have a single thing to do with pandering to the Religious Right. No, sir.