UHH... CLINTON DID IT!

The Homeland Security bill was passed and signed last week. Its final form was 475 pages long! But it comes with even more controversy than just the Kissinger commission. There has been a pork discovery within the bill, notably protections for Eli Lilly from being sued by users of some of their vaccines, which have in some cases caused autism in children.

Now, they're trying to figure out who stuck those paragraphs in there during the House debate. Waxman points a finger at Bush budget doctor Mitch Daniels, who denies it.

I'm not terribly concerned with who did this if it's someone from the House. I'd expect them to do this sort of thing. If it turns out to be the administration's doing, then that's just wrong. Remember a few weeks before the midterms, how Bush made a number of speeches saying that congressional Democrats were more interested in special interests than national security? Well what do the Eli Lilly paragraphs say about the GOP's interest in national security?

Again, Lott says they'll deal with the offending passages when congress reconvenes. I'll believe it when I see it.