Characters in fiction may have endorsed product in the past. I can't recall any that became involved in lobbying. And none that lobbied from some place more than forty years ago. If there is one, they never did it as elegantly as Mad Men. The meme worms itself further into real life via the cut and paste function:
Not just 'cars, floor-wax and brassieres'. Seems they also do penance for the role taken by Stirling Cooper in the destruction of Penn Station in 1963 [Season 3, episode 2]
Not just 'cars, floor-wax and brassieres'. Seems they also do penance for the role taken by Stirling Cooper in the destruction of Penn Station in 1963 [Season 3, episode 2]