Too Expensive

I read today that the US House failed in a bid to overturn President Bush's veto of a bill to expand health care. The program was to be funded by a tax increase on tobacco products. Among the reasons given by the White House for vetoing the bill are: Bush "wants to take care of poor children first" and "the bill was too expensive." Hm... too expensive. And how much does it cost to run a war in Iraq?