Steve Hayes wrote this morning that, as high-risk people such as pregnant-mothers and young children are unable to get Swine Flue vaccinations, the Obama administration has decided to give the scarce shots to the detainees housed at Gitmo. The AP reported last night that 114 children have died from the Swine Flu since April. The Hill reports that Rep. Mike Pence (R, Ind.) and Rep. Bart Stupak (D, Mich.) think that Americans deserve those shots more than al Qaeda terrorists:
"As long as Americans must wait to receive the vaccine, the detainees in Guantanamo Bay should not be given preferential treatment to receive the H1N1 vaccination," Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) wrote in a letter to Secretary of the Army John McHugh on Friday. Pence, too, shared Stupak's concerns, but he also used his interview Friday to take a shot at Democrats -- and their handling of other healthcare crises -- in particular. "I think this is exactly the kind of misadministration of healthcare, this and other aspects of the way this government is responding to the H1N1 virus, that ought to give the American people great pause about this massive government-run insurance plan that's been unveiled this week by House Democrats," Pence said.