Sen. Ted Kennedy says that he opposes the Medicare bill now taking final form in Congress because it appears "to tilt in favor of the right-wing agenda.".(The Week)(Brief Article)

* Sen. Ted Kennedy says that he opposes the Medicare bill now taking final form in Congress because it appears "to tilt in favor of the right-wing agenda." He can't possibly mean that adding a prescription-drug benefit to Medicare coverage is a victory for the limited-government caucus. In what is surely a hopeful forecast--i.e., one that downplays the true costs--the Congressional Budget Office reports that the bill would boost federal spending by $400 billion over the next decade. Already supported by the Bush administration, the plan won the ...