Why is tort reform on the agenda...?

The PopTort has an interesting story (here) about the fact that the small business lobby group called the National Federation of Independent Businesses spend a great deal of time and resources on "tort reform" when its members don't think it is a priority.  In a recent survey by the group listing the 75 issues that are most important to NFIB’s members, tort reform came in at #65.  Read the full story here.