McCain: Bush right to veto kids health insurance expansion

[babsbunny]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/mccain.interview/

CAMDEN, South Carolina (CNN) -- Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, told CNN Wednesday he agrees with President Bush's veto of legislation expanding a children's health insurance program, saying the bill provided a "phony smoke and mirrors way of paying for it."
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Sen. John McCain says the president was right to veto the expansion of a children's health insurance program.

"Right call by the president," the Republican White House hopeful told CNN's John King. "We've laid a debt on these same children ... that we're saying we're going to give health insurance to."

The bill, which would cost $35 billion over five years, is meant to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program to provide coverage to an additional 10 million children.

Bush said he vetoed the bill because he considered it a step towards "federalizing" medicine and an inappropriately expanding the program's goal beyond its original focus on helping poor children.

[Faygo Kid]

1. McSame is Bush all over again. This was a solid bill to actually help people.

No wonder McSame didn't like it.

[WindRiverMan]

2. We can spend 10 billion a month on Iraqi children

but God Forbid we help an American child get his asthma medicine.

You are indeed a "Flawed Candidate" Mr. McCain. Your own weakness is your greatest flaw.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Of course! Why do kids need health insurance??

They are small. They will recover from any illnesses. If kids want insurance, they can go to work and get a plan that costs them half their paychecks!!

:sarcasm: