FIRST BARON HILL AND NOW MIKE McINTYRE... ANOTHER DEMOCRAT DECLARES HE'LL VOTE WITH THE DEMOCRATS TO OVERRIDE BUSH'S SCHIP VETO

If you were one of the several hundred people who helped us finance our phone and newspaper ads campaign in the districts of the five renegade reactionary Democrats who were supporting Bush's veto of children's health care, you have another reason to celebrate. Last week we got Indiana Congressman Baron Hill to back down. Today it was North Carolina's Mike McIntyre. We ran 40,000 robocalls in his district and today he raised the white flag on his own website.

"As a longtime advocate for children for over 25 years, and as one who has consistently supported family health issues, I will not support President Bush's veto of the SCHIP bill, and I will vote to override his veto. My objection to the method of funding for this bill and my support of North Carolina's farmers and the economic well-being of our communities are well-known, but I have always supported the SCHIP program and will do what is necessary to preserve it for the sake of children and families in need. As Chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee that oversees tobacco, I will also continue to do all that I can to support our farmers and our region's economy. That commitment has not changed with this vote for our children."

Welcome home, Mike. Can you call Etheridge?

We're far from the only ones pushing but we are pushing and we're pushing hard and for real. Now let's get Jim Marshall to come around too. Jane's on this tonight too.