For a take from the other side on the veto of the SCHIP -
http://www.familiesusa.org/bushvskids/background-info.htmlIn particular, from the web site -
"The facts are:
1. The cost of covering 10 million kids for five years is less than the cost of the Iraq War for seven months;
2. The bill actually makes it harder, not easier, for states to expand the program to higher-income families; and
3. If their parents could get—and could afford—private insurance, these kids would already have coverage.
President Bush has 24-7 guaranteed health care, yet he chose to block coverage for 10,000,000 kids who have no where else to turn."