S-CHIP and the wingnuts

Paul Krugman's NY Times op-ed today hits so close to home, literally and figuratively, I have to share it.

Krugman writes about the outright assault the nutty right wing has lauched to personally and vehemently attack 12-year old Graeme Frost, whom the Democrats had chosen to respond to the president's Saturday radio address. This was the broadcast in which W. outlined his reasons for vetoing the S-SCHIP bill, which was exapnding medical coverage for children on a national level.

I hope to write about this topic in some detail in the near future. But Krugman's column will serve as as good a jumping off point for anyone who is interested in what I believe to be the number one economic and social topic (ahead of the Iraqi war, even!) we in America must address. Now.