Docspud, I know what you mean about his character and I would probably vote for him as there is really no choice on the demo. side. Same old story, how many millions of people to chose from and this is the choice?,give me a break.That being said, I am always turned off by the political spots that bring up his time in captivity for the sympathy(?) angle. These are the same pundits who pushed so hard to keep GW's military time out of the issue and off the plate for discussion. Like any other dodgers who went to college,Canada,NG,or got deferments for flatfeet and such,I would never,ever vote for one of them. Too many young men died in Vietnam to support the system that allowed this to happen. When I was drafted,the star running back (fullback) that I had just graduated with got a deferment because his dad knew someone to call to get a doctor to say he was not fit. I know this for a fact and although we were very good friends, I never spoke to him since 1966.

Stlhead, yes,I think it would be a good idea if all children had health care until 18. But it should be contingent upon them staying in school and out of trouble. There need to be incentives attached to any rewards. We have such a high dropout rate in this country that it does no good to complain about the illegals and the outsourcing of jobs if we continue to have no one to fill the upper level positions. Microsoft would be glad to hire locally if they could find people with the skills required.We put so much effort into our kids excelling in sports that the academics get a backseat.