>>>>a better place.
>>>>>
>>>>>Let's start with the CHIP program that provides health insurance to kids who wouldn't otherwise have it.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>From the CHIP web site:
>>>>
>>>>The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)) was created by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
>>>>
>>>>In 1997 she was renting out the Lincoln bedroom, firing travel agents, dodging non-existent sniper fire and stealing White House china.
>>>>She was also arranging the pardon of billionaire Marc Rich.
>>>>
>>>>She either is responsible for what Slick Willy did while in office or she isn't.
>>>>If she is, she has to explain about Monica, NAFTA and a lot of other things.
>>>>If she isn't what did she have to do with CHIP?
>>>
>>>http://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/giving-hillary-credit-for-schip/
>>>
>>>Tamar
>>
>>Let's look at what it says.
>>
>>Ted's people say:
>>
>>"we relied on her, worked with her and she was pivotal in encouraging the White House to do it."
>>What does that mean?
>>Can we infer that without her, her husband would have rejected it?
>>So the value she added was getting his attention?
>
>Possibly. There's lots of priority-setting going on in the White House all the time, with decisions about what things are worth the fight.
>
>It also says she worked to get kids enrolled, once it existed. Not enough detail there to know exactly what she did on that front.
>
>Tamar

I have to confess that I'd question anything this person claims that she did that did not directly enrich her.
If she told me that she made a few million after tax by supporting CHIP, I'd probably accept that without question.