On S-CHIP: Send Him The Same Bill
After President Bush vetoed S-CHIP, White House spokeperson Dana Perino said:
"They made their political point, and what the president said is, 'Look, send me the bill, I will veto it, and then we will get about the business of trying to find some common ground and reach an agreement on a way forward,'" Perino said.
My suggestion to the Democratic leaders of Congress is send him the same bill. The policy and politics on this issue, as I believe they are on the Iraq issue, all point to this as being the best move. A Democracy Corps poll supports my view:
As President Bush vetoed the bipartisan S-CHIP bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance, a memo by Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner shows health care emerging as a top economic concern and voters rejecting the President’s veto by almost a two-to-one margin, preferring the expansion of S-CHIP.
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