I’ve been a staunch conservative most of my life.  I even had the unique distinction of serving as President Bush’s youth coordinator in New York State from 1999-2001.  Scary eh? The longer I live though the softer I get.  Democrats seem to have some traits that I feel more strongly about, things like health care reform and education spending.  I still hate taxes so I hold pretty firmly to that as a litmus test when I choose candidates to vote for.

Now, I have a new litmus test.

I’m voting for any candidate who’ll support real pharmaceutical reform.  Not the kind you’re thinking though.  Sure, I like the idea that everyone who needs a particular medicine should get it and that it’s reasonably priced but I’m talking about a different reform. Last night was Ryan’s first real crack at his new medicine and though I couldn’t bring myself to take a picture as he was spewing his medicine across the room, he did eventually take it after I spent 20 minutes splitting up the individual beads of medicine inside the capsule.  If you’ve never broken open a capsule you’d be surprised to find there are literally hundreds of small beads that make up the medicine. Amazing! 

I digress.  Anyway, I’ve decided that any candidate who’ll force drug companies to make children’s versions of their drugs that taste good and are easy for them to consume has my vote and all the campaign contributions I can muster. Now that’d be real reform we could use!