Tom Petri has decided that he'll side with the Democrats in the House when the veto override vote on SCHIP is taken. He apparently thinks that the continued encroachment of the government on healthcare is proper. He seems to like the BadgerCare program that squandered 75% of the available funds carved out to protect poor children on adults instead of children.
Mr. Petri has represented his constituency under the Republican banner for many years. Apparently they and he have forgotten what Republicans are supposedly about. The acronym 'RINO' is appropriate in this instance. Mr. Petri has become a 'Republican In Name Only', and is now poised to aid and abet the Democrats who seek greater and greater government oversight for healthcare plans. He obviously either likes government-controlled healthcare, or he is naive enough to believe the Democrat's press releases. In either case, he, and others like him, frighten me.
Where are the true conservatives we thought we were electing to represent us? It would seem that they're 'gone with the wind', or at least that they've been swept off their feet by Hillary Rodham Clinton's latest attempt at national healthcare.
The SCHIP travesty is an abomination and needs be put down through the President's veto. It should not be brought back to life by RINOs in lockstep with liberal democrats!
