Cowtowing to the Teachers Union

Have you been reading about the Washington D.C. program that provides vouchers for 1700 inner city students to attend excellent private schools? The Democrat-controlled Congress has effectively killed the program, but Barack Obama, because of public outcry, has stepped in to say those 1700 students may continue on the vouchers until they graduate from high school, but no new students need apply. Vincent Carroll writes in the May 13 Denver Post that "had Obama not acted, he would have had a PR nightmare of 1700 stories of inner city heartbreak." Carroll also points out that "for every voucher recipient in D.C. there were three other students who entered a lottery for the money."

What's more iomportant to you Democrats, providing opportunities for underprivileged children, or cowtowing to one of your key political constituents, the teachers union? The answer appears to be obvious.