For the Sake of the Children, Please Smoke

S-CHIP was signed into law this week, giving DMV-style health care to the children (defined as 30 years old and younger living with parents). The funding, supposedly, comes from hiking up taxes on packs of cigarettes-- thus discouraging smoking by making it too expensive. Of course, if Congress really wanted people to stop smoking, they wouldn't tie children's health care into depending on it.

I can see it now. With Hollywood firmly in Obama's corner, I can see them working their digital magic on Yul Brynner's commercial. "Please. Just smoke."