Biden on Front Page of Monitor
Today's (12/19) Concord Monitor has a front-page story by Ethan Wilensky-Lanford about Senator Biden, an outgrowth of his meeting with Monitor editors and reporters earlier in the week. What jumps out about Biden, again, is his incredible knowledge and understanding of world affairs, and in particular, his ideas of what we as a country should be doing to enhance our own standing and interests in the world.
Biden offers simple, no nonsense solutions to complex problems. He's the only candidate who's offered a specific plan for Iraq, which the Senate finally approved overwhelmingly a couple of months ago. The situation in Iraq is developing along the lines that Biden has proposed.
Biden's plan for health care is not for what is commonly called universal coverage, which is something not likely to pass Congress in the next few years, regardless of what other candidates promise. Biden would provide universal coverage for all children and for catastrophic medical events, which he says can be done for only $50 billion and which is supported by most Americans. If most Americans support it, it can get through Congress. That makes it a campaign promise that can be kept.
