Charges and countercharges are being hurled back and forth between conservative and liberal bloggers of the use of a 12 year old child by Democrats to try and skewer Republicans over the issue of whether the government health insurance program known as the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) should be extended to middle class families.It is one of the ugliest dust-ups the blogosphere has seen in a long time. The imbroglio centers on 12 year old Graeme Frost who gave the Democratic reponse to President Bush's veto of the SCHIP bill two weeks ago. Conservative bloggers began to question the Frost family's eligibility for the program given a wide variety of factors including their living in a house worth around $300,000 and the attendance at private schools by some of the Frost children.Liberal bloggers shot back by pointing out that the house in question was purchased for $55,000 in the early 90's when the neighborhood was run down and that the Frost kids are...(Read Full Post)