The White House said on Saturday that President Bush would veto a bipartisan plan to expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program, drafted over the last six months by senior members of the Senate Finance Committee.

Four MILLION kids who don't have insurance would be able to go to the doctor, but Georgie doesn't want them to have that because well some people might use the government program instead of hemorrhaging insurance premiums out their asses and going broke, at which point they'd be right back to needing the program, but the program will be completely gone.

Congress figured out a way to help millions of kids, found a way to pay for it (adding about 65 cents a pack to cigarettes) which may have beneficial side effects (disclaimer, I'm a smoker and think this would be a damn good thing to raise the price of smokes for) but insurance companies might see a dip in their profits so Georgie is going to veto it.

Mr. Bush, please do us a favor and eat a bag of pretzels on a Segway.