Obama's "Home for Heroes"

"The Illinois senator told The Associated Press he would introduce legislation Monday that he calls Homes for Heroes. The plan would establish grant and voucher programs to encourage development of affordable housing targeted for veterans.

"Veterans are far more likely to be homeless than non-veterans and part of it is because we're not providing services to them as they transition out of the service," Obama said in an interview before a campaign rally. "Part of it is because there is just not enough affordable housing."

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Clamoring for Obama's Health Care Specifics

The junior Senator from Illinois has been taking his own sweet time in laying out his vision for the future of the country's health-care system...
and that has the snipers sniping.
From the Washington Post:

"Republican National Committee spokesman Chris Taylor responded that maybe the infusion of money into Obama's campaign would lead to more specifics in his health care plans.

"With all these funds, maybe now he'll be able to hire someone to write a health care plan for him," Taylor said."

But the delay is all part of Obama's strategy - his response:

"Obama acknowledged he was moving cautiously in assembling a health care proposal to ensure he can build the political support needed to move the plan forward if he's elected president.

Obama noted that in previous campaigns, presidential candidates have offered detailed proposals without building that political support, only to see the issue fade after the election.

"Every four years presidential candidates trot out their plans, then nothing happens," Obama said. "How do we build a movement for change so that when a president is elected there is actually a constituency and a consensus that is built so we can move the agenda through Congress."

Failure to agree on changes to the health care system could be catastrophic, he said.

"We will go through another decade of dealing with this issue," Obama said."

Dr. Barack Wants to Do What Hillary Couldn't

At a Families U.S.A conference in Washington Senator O said:

"I am absolutely determined that by the end of the first term of the next president (ME ME ME) we should have universal health care in this country"

Obama snags healthcare as main plank in platform (AP/Washington Post)