Yesterday... on Sean Hannity's show, someone from the administration (sorry, don't know who it was - working and listening at same time) talked about how discretionary spending had been reduced from 15% under Clinton to 4% under Bush.
The prescription drug "bill" is a bill who's time had come. And if someone didn't know that the President was going to pass this... then they weren't paying attention to the 2000 campaign. Because he said he was going to do it.