President Bush took a huge gamble on behalf of his party by slamming a veto on a $30 million health care plan for children. His reason? It was too much money and we can't have people that "might" be able to afford health care coverage depending on the government, despite the fact that we are probably one of the lone wealthy countries that doesn't provide universal coverage.
But this bill was just for kids.
The Senate saved their skins by voting to override the veto, but 19 House Republicans and a spatter of Democrats decided to ring the death knoll on their bids for reelection by going against the grain. I guess we can't have families with lower incomes than theirs running around insured...that would be unethical.
I guess they need the extra cash so that they can pay for the life insurance of the soldiers that are dying in Iraq.
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