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The right wing has been smearing 12-year-old Graeme Frost, who lauded the State Children's Health Insurance Program vetoed by President Bush last week. Graeme and his sister used the program after they were in an SUV accident -- his sister suffered a lasting brain injury -- and now wingnuts have decided his family should never have been eligible. His parents earn roughly $50,000 a year, but apparently own a commercial property as well as a modest home, and Graeme and his sister attend private schools (Graeme on scholarship, his sister with state support due to her disability). The right-wing blogosphere is depicting the Frosts as privileged lefties sponging off taxpayers.

Rush Limbaugh, clearly back on the pain meds, is comparing Graeme to the so-called phony soldiers who oppose the Iraq war. "They send the kid out to lie," Limbaugh claimed.