McCain's Opinon On Birth Control and Viagra -

Oh my. McCain may have looked at it logically. Viagra temporarily cures impotence. However birth control does not medicate an illness. Personally I think it is all a money game myself. As long as birth control is not covered by insurance and comes out of the pocket of the buyer then they make more money. I don't think you should need a prescription for birth control. Over 18 and have to show id and sign for it at the pharmacy.

Yep, he's an idiot. There's really not much else to say. He doesn't need to know how he voted to know how he feels about an issue..well at least that's how it should work. Obviously he is just another puppet for the system. I wasn't voting for him anyway. I e-mailed the video link to s/o...maybe this will help change his mind about the guy.

You know that he needs some Democrats to vote his way and I know he need them to vote for him but I don't think he is really trying to woo them. He is too busy trying to get the conservative Republicans to back him.

Hey Annie, if possible, could you provide a link to the actual amendment he voted against? I've tried searching for it on the net, but I keep coming up with site for planned parenthood and such which, naturally, will only give a biased viewpoint. I just want to see the actual language of the bill since I myself am curious about why he voted against it. On the plus side, he seemed interested in looking into the issue and perhaps he will reverse his stance on it. One thing I'm curious about though is that it says Viagra is covered, but this was a law that would "require" insurance coverage of prescription birth control. Is coverage of Viagra required, or is it just something that insurance companies decided independently to cover? Are there many insurance companies that currently cover prescription birth control regardless of any legal requirement? The insurance I have with the library covers prescription birth control, but I have no way of knowing how common that is.

I actually never considered voting for mccain because he just reminds me too much of Bush and that video just confirms it for me. It is a common sense issue and obviously he doesn't have it at his disposal...he has to look into the issue? whats to look into. What really is a problem with me is that we really don't have many choices here. Barak was not my top choice either...in fact not my choice at all....I really was looking towards john edwards but he dropped out...then hilary but she dropped out. Now i'm just not sure. I'm not real excited about either candidate. I don't even feel good about voting.

You know, you'd think people would be more interested in preventing pregnancy so that they government wouldn't have to foot the bill for children that people can't care for. I'd think $300/month (for an expensive BC; mine only costs $115/3 mos) would make a lot more sense than $900/month + health coverage + additional benefits to maintain a child. What do I know, though? My insurance company, on it's own, raised it's women's health coverage and has $10 copays on any generic BC prescription and has made huge cuts to the copays on nongenerics. Why? Because my plan also covers my child's health issues and my prenatal and delivery costs. I think that's one of the only sensible things that the insurance company has ever done. McCain definitely didn't make any friends among women with that one.

I think it's ridiculous to cover something for impotence but not birth control. Insurance DOES cover a majority of the cost for many people though, I don't recall ever paying much, if anything lol. I don't personally mind seeing or hearing about the candidates squirming. I mean good luck pleasing everybody, somewhere somehow or other they are going to get stuck and with the unpleasant 24/7 media coverage and youtube, we'll get to witness every uncomfortable moment!