The law required that the president obtain Congressional authorization before entering a war and that he keep Congress informed about what was goingon.
And in terms of deficits -- because we keepon hearing these ads about how this is going to add to the deficit -- the CBO has said that this is a deficit reduction, not a deficit increase.
Health care is a superior good: as we have enough food to keep us going until next week we start to think about spending money on the health care that will get us to the next decade.
They've seen their faces on television and the real question is are we going to be able to keep the nation's attention focused on doing something over the long term about poverty.