And only a leftist like Hillary believes that one must invoke the Federal government to create standards. What prevents the medical industry, like many industries, from settling on standards on its own? The only way this could be a government issue is if the government paperwork and communication requirements on the heavily-nationalized health care system is the problem.

It's probably good that Hillary was the one who proposed this. If Bush had, it would be another Darth Ashcroft/Big Brother issue: "All our medical records! Standardized and centralized! Surely the camps are next!!!"

And for the record, I don't think she timed it for the space announcement.