800k healthy kids, or one week in Iraq?

Few things have been more outrageous on the domestic front than President Bush's refusal to re-fund the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Actually, I don't know what's more absurd - Bush's refusal to fund the program, or his despicable and pathetic excuse for refusing to do so that "it's too expensive."

The War in Iraq, with the latest funding request, the tab thus far is over $600 billion. Yes, you read that right. And, if you think that's the end of the bill, think again. By the time it's all said and done, (will it ever be done?!?) the tab for the war could well end up over $1 trillion or more.

People like President Bush have never had to worry about medical care for anyone in his family, including his twin daughters, so what would he know about the importance of SCHIP?

If Democrats are smart, and God only knows most of the time they aren't, they will never, ever let voters (and Republicans) forget that the Bush administration didn't think it's important - that there's a price that was too high for our children.

The notion that President Bush is a fiscal conservative is one of the most laughable notions that this administration has ever tried to stuff down our throats.

Sleep tight, W.