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Sen. John McCain rolled out his health care plan today, and said: Right now, too many of our citizens don't have an insurance policy at all, and those who do are afraid they will lose the one they have - afraid they will get too sick, afraid to stay home and not work...

With the children's health insurance override vote set for next week, the progressive liberal blogosphere is as fired up as I've ever seen over a domestic policy issue. Local bloggers in particular are stoking the pressure on key House members. Pharyngula tees off on...

If you are a Wall Street investment banker, there's new evidence that you've got the best Supreme Court money can buy. Conservative Supreme Court justices did little to hide their disdain for the need to protect the interests of investors earlier this week as they...

Wow. ThinkProgress breaks the story that Don Stewart, communications director for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, contacted traditional media reporters and encouraged them to write stories criticizing the Frost family. He oh-so-innocently wrote: "Seen the...

Last night on the Alan Colmes radio show, I debated conservative blogger Dan Riehl about the State Children's Health Insurance Program and the attacks on the Frost family, though I didn't have to do too much because Colmes picked Riehl apart quite nicely. Riehl has...

Headzup puts the SCHIP choice facing House conservatives in its proper political context.

After liberal bloggers called out the conservative smear job on the Frost family, the New York Times, USA Today and Baltimore Sun picked up the story. And all conservatives have accomplished is to shine a brighter light on the struggles of working class Americans:

Last month, I noted that the coordinated attack against SCHIP had failed miserably, leaving conservatives desperate. Who knew how desperate they would get? Conservative bloggers have begun an intimidation and harassment campaign against 12-year old Graeme Frost and...

In both SCHIP debates held on ABC's This Week and CBS' Face The Nation, hosts passively allowed Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt and Rep. Adam Putnam to spread misinformation without correcting the record. On ABC, Leavitt repeated the $83,000 lie:...

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....