I'm still not watching the Sunday shows...

...so I missed Shadow President Kerry's comments on Meet The Press. Bob Brigham was watching though, and offers evidence that whatever else Kerry may have lost last year, his penchant for telling the truth is still intact...

President Bush is hyping a phony crisis. The crisis in America today is 45 million Americans who don't have health care. The crisis are 11 million children that I just talked about that we ought to be covering with health care. You know, Social Security does not run out as the president says and become bankrupt in 2018. It can pay 100 percent of the benefits until 2042, and after 2042, it can pay 80 percent of the benefits. And all you need to do to move Social Security into safety, well into the 22nd century, into the next century, is to roll back part of George Bush's tax cut today. His tax cut takes three times the deficit of what is contained in Social Security.

"...hyping a phony crisis..." Yep, pretty much sums up the entire Bushco venture.

Sic 'em, John.