Too bad about the children...

Jonathan Cohn alerts me to the fact that it turns out the Democrats don't have enough votes to override Bush's veto of S-CHIP expansion in the House:

Eighteen Republicans in the Senate supported the measure when it passed, including four who face difficult challenges next year. In the House, 45 GOP lawmakers defected.

There were 265 votes in all for the measure when it passed last month. Supporters need to pick up 25 more votes to override the veto.

...But 151 Republicans opposed the bill when it passed, enough to sustain the veto, and absent numerous switches, Bush's veto seemed secure.

...The original Senate vote was 67-29, enough to override. But the House votes first, and if Bush's allies sustain his veto there, the bill dies.


The quotes in the AP piece from the Republican leadership are pretty special too. What a bunch of evil shits. Meanwhile, the head R left the flight suit at home this time:

Bush vetoed the bill in private, absent the television cameras and other media coverage that normally attend even routine presidential actions.

Fuckers. It's time for them to go.