Originally Posted by Rusty Idols

The congressional budget office says the program needs another 15 billion just to maintain the coverage of the children it helps now - and the hugely successful program reduced the number of uninsured children by a fourth - much less be able to expand it to the remaining 9 million children with no coverage at all.

Bush's offer of 5 billion is a de facto cut to an effective successful program - which the insurance industry loved by the way - and a direct attack on the health of low income children. That's not a compromise.