12-Year-Old Will Battle Bush For Dems On Children’s Health Care Issue

If the Democrats win big in 2008 partially due to the furor over President George Bush’s impending veto of a bill to fund children’s health care, they can thank the “little people.”

Kids like a 12-year-old boy who the Democrats have picked to give the Democrats’ answer to the President’s weekly radio address tomorrow.

And expect this to be the opening volley in young faces and voices putting a “human interest” spin on a veto that could be the worst political relations blunder since the Republicans shut down Congress after disputes with President Bill Clinton:

A 12-year-old boy who received life- saving care through U.S.-subsidized health insurance will speak for Democrats tomorrow in their response to President George W. Bush’s weekly radio address.Democrats chose Graeme Frost of Baltimore, instead of the lawmakers or governors who usually provide the party’s Saturday- morning broadcast, to press what they see as a political advantage from Bush’s vow to veto expansion of a kids’ health-care program.

http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/15359/12-year-old-will-battle-bush-for-democrats-on-childrens-health-care-issue/