In Kansas, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius seems to have forgotten the difference between employment and welfare.

The Lawrence Journal-World had this on her reaction to President Bush's veto of expanding SCHIP: "If [taxpayer funding of health care is] good enough for our kids and congressional kids and I think the president’s kids, hopefully it should be good for the low-income children of America who are desperate for this preventive care,”

Mind you, this is the president of the Democratic Governor's Association. Sebelius has also earned plaudits for winning reelection (in a rather convincing manner) in a "red" state. So one must wonder: Will this be (or perhaps it already is) one of the talking points of the Democratic Party?

By the way, the presidential twins are of an age where they should be on their own insurance. That is, unless federal taxpayers are responsible for a "slacker mandate" that extends coverage until one's children are in their mid-to-late 20s.

A reader of the paper offered this analogy in the comments section: "Let's make it more local, and more pertinent. Kansas University professional staff and faculty receive a payment by the State equal to 8% of their salary per year into a tax deferred retirement account. If it is good enough for them, it is good enough for everyone. I want my government paid private annuity, just like other government employees get. It is only fair."