Working As Intended...

For all my cynicism towards government and politics, a case in which the more you know the more depressing it becomes, there are moments of optimism and amazement that it sometimes actually works as intended. Our new 111th Congress is pushing forward this week with an expansion of SCHIP, the health insurance bill for families with children that Bush famously vetoed twice bending to special interests in the insurance lobby over bipartisan support in Congress. While the vote may happen while Bush is still president, the bill wouldn't actually get to the White House until after Obama takes office. Times they are a changing.