"Do It for the Taxpayers"

Fred Barnes convincingly lays out the argument against S-Chip, rightly portraying it as a foot in the door measure for universal healthcare. This is the sort of thing we used to be good at but Democrats never showed much aptitude for - putting the other party in a position where policy aside, it's a symbolically bad vote. It'll be interesting to see if the truth about the policy makes it into the media or is lost behind the "Bush hates kids" meme.