BAD IDEA DEAD AND BURIED - AT 7:27 A.M. ET:  Perhaps the worst idea developed by the Obama administration has died a fast and deserved death:

WASHINGTON — Under withering criticism from veterans and Congress, President Obama on Wednesday abandoned a proposal that would have required veterans to use their private health insurance to pay for the treatment of combat-related injuries.

COMMENT:  Here are the relevant questions:  Who came up with that idea?  Why was the president of the United States comfortable bringing it up with veterans' groups, which he did?  What does this say about the Obama crowd's respect for veterans?  Why did the secretary of veterans affairs, former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinsecki, not resign over this?

Can you just imagine media reaction if President Bush had proposed this plan?

March 19, 2009