[NittanyLion]

Just putting the facts out there. I guess you don't like facts. Of course by omitting the fact of the demos spending plan, makes for a good blood boiling editorial, which gives red meat for you all to chew on.

I understand there are many facts available about all sorts of plans, but those are outside the scope of this editorial. Editorials, by definition, choose a narrow topic and offer an opinion. We'd need a book to explore all potential avenues of action and compare and contrast them as you suggest.

This editorial is about the fact that, in three months, the cost estimate for this program has increased by 33%. Don't you think that's a legitimate concern, and an appropriate topic of discussion?

[Dane]

I understand there are many facts available about all sorts of plans, but those are outside the scope of this editorial.

Then why hide them?

[goldstategop]

And that's before even a cent is spent. Its funny how the next set of revised estimates is always higher than the one before. No one practices "switch and bait" in the real world with such alacrity precisely because its considered unethical. Washington is the only place in which something cheaper is considered to be less than what we might actually need.

[TomGuy]

This editorial is about the fact that, in three months, the cost estimate for this program has increased by 33%.

Yes, and the main aspects of the Prescription Bill don't even start until 2007. By then, that 33% will be much, much more.