[cmccuist]

The democrats trotted out another victim to give the rebuttal to W's veto of health care for kids. The seventh grader had a pretty horrific tale of woe - dad's a woodworker, mom's a bookeeper, $45k/year income, can't afford health care, etc.

Come to find out, the urchin learns his cipherin' and spellin' at a $20k/year private school. Dad owns his own business, a 3,000 sq ft, $500k home, employs mom(!) and isn't really that bad off after all.

So the left is outraged that conservatives would attack a 12 year old (think Cindy Sheehan, the 911 widows, Max Cleland). Hey, if the democrats want to send out a boy to do a man's job, that boy is fair game. And they should at least send out someone who has a real sob story, not someone who's father just doesn't want to pay for health care.

And yes, the boy's sister was in a terrible car accident. That's why they picked him! However, that's what auto insurance is for.

Legislation-by-anecdote never works out anyway, because someone always has a sadder story than the example. It's like being first to tell your story at a party.