Dear Leader Vetoes Children's Health Care

Dear Leader just vetoed the bi-partisan, compromise SCHIP authorization bill.   That emphasis is so we can all keep in mind what a load of baloney it is when Part-Over-Country Republicans say things like this to provide cover for the horrible BushCo:

“We had exactly what we needed,” Blunt said. “It sends a message to Democrats that, at least as long as there’s a Republican president with these numbers in the Congress, they have to deal with Republicans on these important issues.”

The bill BushCo just vetoed is a model of how the parties work together to address not only the will of the American people, but also a serious and deepening crisis those people happen to be facing.  Remember that the House originally passed an SCHIP bill that would have provided $50B over five years.  They funded it, in part, with adjustments to the Medicare Advantage overpayment boondoggle that's currently bleeding tax dollars into the accounts of insurance companies.   The compromise bill was essentially the Senate version, which doesn't touch Medicare Advantage (god bless insurance companies) and only funds the program at $35B over five years.   It's a rotten deal all around but it is a compromise.  Once again, "working with" Republicans means choosing to side with the leader of their party  over country.