Lott recently said "the strategy of being obstructionist can work or fail. So far it’s working for u

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This will surely backfire for Bush-----won't it? (Bush said he would veto it)

Proudly Blocking Children's Health Care

By Bill Scher, TomPaine.com.


......They are just fine keeping the children's insurance program, so long as we underfund it and millions remain uninsured.

As Robert Borosage commented earlier: "faced with a choice of providing children with health care or protecting the profits of private insurance companies, the president chooses the latter."

They are afraid of how good government can undermine their conservative goals, their special interest backers and their own political careers.

Just as they did in 1993, when they decided they had to kill universal health care, because "ts passage will give the Democrats a lock on the crucial middle-class vote and revive the reputation of the party."

Lott recently said "the strategy of being obstructionist can work or fail. So far it’s working for us.” But McConnell's approval ratings in his home state are at 48%, their lowest point in two years.

We'll see if that trend will continue, after he leads the charge against health insurance for kids.

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Bill Scher is online editor for Campaign for America's Future.
© 2007 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved.
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1. Thank you Trench Lott for the campaign ad.