Platts votes to override
Although the attempt in the House to override President Bush's veto of the expanded State Children's Health Insurance bill received a hefty majority vote, 273-156, it sadly fell 13 votes short of the two-thirds vote necessary for an override. I suspect there will be another vote in the next few weeks, since the program expires in November. Thirteen votes is in striking distance.
Kudos to Republican Congressman Todd Platts of York, Pa., for voting to override Bush. He was joined by fellow Pennsylvania Republicans Charles Dent, Phil English, Jim Gerlach, and Tim Murphy, plus Tim Holden and all the Democrats in the state delegation.
Hall of Shame: GOP Reps. John Peterson, Joe Pitts, and Bud Shuster, Jr. voted to sustain Bush's veto. I guess they don't have any poor children in their districts.