Please Let This A-Hole Also Have A "Nanny" Problem

Here's what Michael Leavitt, the man President Bush called "a man of great compassion ...an ideal choice to lead one of the largest departments of the United States government," plans to do if confirmed as secretary of Health and Human Services:

(Leavitt) may have to cut billions of dollars from the government's mammoth health programs for the elderly, poor and disabled to pare the budget deficit.

The Medicare and Medicaid programs, consuming nearly $500 billion a year and growing quickly, could be vulnerable in the context of last year's $413 billion budget deficit, the ongoing war in Iraq, costly domestic security commitments and administration plans to revamp Social Security without raising taxes.

Doncha just love "Compassionate Conservatism?"