Pork vs. SCHIP. Check this out.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by Bill Verburg

The longer a pol is in office the more out of touch they become and the more willing they are to vote for nonsensical earmarks, get rid of every one of them.

Gawd, ain't that the truth?!?!?! We call it Potomac Fever here.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by Spud

This country has been around for 230 + years, can someone tell me what has changed in the last 3 to make this type of program suddenly necessary?

Honestly...

This program has been around since 1997 and is a Republican thing. This latest dust-up is about expanding the current program to include more kids and raise income limits.