SCHIP: The Voice Of the Other Side

Like it or not, those of us whom are against the SCHIP expansion have been 'corralled', somehow, into being "Bushies". I, for one, am definitely in the "not" category on this one. That being said, while our media sources, the DNP leadership, and talking heads like Bill Maher busily demonize anyone and everyone who is against SCHIP's expansion -- i.e.; in support of Bush's Veto -- get to have their way with the American public; what exactly is the thinking in the mind of the man who would defy, we are told, the nation? Well, here it is -- and in his own words:

I would pay extremely close attention to the very end -- where he calls for "negotiation, to get the money to the kids who need it". And while you're doing that, please consider: Bush wanted SCHIP to continue. What he did not want, however, was an SCHIP bill that would push kids already insured privately onto the public dole, while simultaneously those funds being used to insure childless adults. What he did not want was an SCHIP bill that has one of the most horribly regressive funding sources ever suggested in recent history.

Sometimes I wish that I were a 'regular' person who could just have an opinion about people and things and not have to worry about facts and details.