If you're not completely disgusted, you're not paying attention

The headline on DailyKos says it all - "Bush to America's Children: Drop Dead"

from today's NYT:

"The Bush administration, continuing its fight to stop states from expanding the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, has adopted new standards that would make it much more difficult for New York, California and others to extend coverage to children in middle-income families....In interviews, they (Administration officials) said the changes were aimed at returning the Children’s Health Insurance Program to its original focus on low-income children and to make sure the program did not become a substitute for private health coverage. "

(let me repeat that to ensure we're clear about the Administration's priorities)

make sure the program did not become a substitute for private health coverage

5 to 6 million children will go to sleep tonight without any health insurance. Countless millions more go without adequate insurance. The Bush Administration could care less as long as Big Insurance gets paid.

Somewhere, the ghost of Herbert Hoover laughs, knowing that finally there's a Chief Executive more painfully obvious in his graft.