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I’ve heard and a read a lot of PR pundits calling the Whole Foods’ CEO’s recent foray into the national health care debate everything from a PR snafu to a PR nightmare. But I confess to not sharing this opinion, and here’s why… (If you’re not familiar, John Mackey, CEO of specialty grocer Whole Foods [...]

(Always, of course.) But ESPECIALLY when all the world is watching. Recent example: AIG. Amid $700 billion bailout packages already unpopular, you ask for $85 million of taxpayer money. When you blow through that in a few weeks, you ask for another $38 billion. Meanwhile, you compound the PR predicament by exposing yourself to accusations [...]