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Congressional Democrats, unions, and other organizations lobbying for the passage of S-CHIP are bringing kids to Capitol Hill to hold President Bush's feet to the fire, the Baltimore Sun's David Nitkin reports:
Congressional Democrats last week tapped Graeme Frost, 12, of Baltimore, to record a radio address urging the president to accept a more expensive version of the State Children's Health Insurance Program."Three years ago, my family was in a really bad car accident," Graeme said in the address, recorded hours before he appeared at a Capitol Hill news conference to tout a $35 billion SCHIP expansion passed by Congress. "I was in a coma for a week and couldn’t eat or stand up or even talk at first," he said, and his family's medical [bills] were covered by the joint-federal state program which expired yesterday but has been temporarily extended for seven weeks.White House Press secretary Dana Perino implied Democrats are exploiting the kids, calling the campaign "unfortunate." Hmm. I wonder who really has children's best interests at heart in this debate? I guess the jury's still out.--Dana Goldstein
