ABSOLUTELY! We all sat around, unable to believe that Obama missed that opportunity. I couldn't BELIEVE that he let it pass!

Reminded me of Al Gore's failure to pick up on George Bush's response to "why doesn't Texas cover children with health care paid for by the federal government" with, "well, Texas Legislature meets every two years and we haven't met yet to enact that -- we manage to run Texas without all those government meetings and a lot of people think that's good government and what I want to bring to Washington."

That's right, the lack of health care for poor children is actually an example of good government. Gore singularly failed to grab that point and run with it. *sigh* I submit for the record that inaction is the only 2000 campaign promise that W kept.