OK, maybe not, but in talking to a congressional committee who’s members do, or at least do read opinion polls like these, HHS secretary Thompson hints that the Republicans might cave on the drug re-importation issue to save the most unpopular part of the Medicare bill from becoming an election issue. Perhaps they noticed that Florida and Pennsylvania are both full of seniors and are both needed to be in the Red column on Nov 2, if Dubya is going to stay in the White House.