So a Senator just said to bernake that bush said that a 35 to 50 million program

[still_one]

over five years for children's healthcare was rejected by bush as something we couldn't afford, but overnight we are told they need 700 BILLION dollars to bailout the financial system

[Not the Only One]

1. Children don't write big donor checks and fund PACs and bundle donations.

Kids don't count, you see?

[eShirl]

2. bingo.

[still_one]

3. I wonder who that Senator from Texas was. He was right on /nt

[atreides1]

10. If he was from Texas

His name is John Cornyn and he's running for re-election this year. His Democratic opponent is an Afghanistan War veteran who's only 4 percentage points behind Cornyn.

Maybe that's why he's being such a "maverick", his seat is on the line.

[oldtime dfl_er]

4. Who was that senator

He was fantastic.

[still_one]

5. I don't know, but he was from Texas /nt

[rateyes]

6. If it's a "he" from Texas and a Senator, has to be Cornyn.

[still_one]

8. Yes it was a he, and he was great /nt

[The Stranger]

11. It simply can't be fucking John Cornyn.

He is so fucking stupid, he can't even string words together in syntax to make a sentence.

[ramapo]

7. A Republican talking about healthcare for children?

How odd is that?

[Beausoleil]

9. Cornyn's actually running ads here in Texas

Think he may be worried about Noriega.

I don't remember the last time a Republican running for a Senate seat in Texas had to spend ad money for the general election.

It's not the "children" he's concerned about, it's the votes.

Cynical? You bet.

[madrchsod]

12. i think the republicans are having a hard time in "socializing" the debt

when the democrats and republicans agree on something during election time then it could be the sign of the end times.

or as noted...there`s an election to win and one can`t afford to be on the losing side of an argument