Hillary Clinton appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show today to talk about her plan to find a cure for breast cancer in the next ten years. I am disappointed by this obvious effort to rally her base in what is becoming an increasingly difficult primary campaign for her.
Don't get me wrong - a cure for breast cancer, for any type of cancer, would be wonderful.
I just don't buy Hillary's plan or motive. For example, her plan calls for $300 million annually in increased funds for research. That sounds great until you realize that public funding for breast cancer was already $800 million in 2003. This does not count private funds, such as those raised by the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Public funding for prostate cancer in 2007 was just over half the amount earmarked for breast cancer ($441 million).
I'm not a scientist, and I don't otherwise have the knowledge and resources to validate her plan. The timing just seems fishy to me, and as the old saying goes, "If it looks like a duck and acts like a duck - it's a duck."
Oh, and by the way...I have been rooting for Hillary since John Edwards withdrew from the race. Now I'm not so sure about her.
We need a president with real plans and solid ideas. The run for the White House should not be only a popularity contest.
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