The Snowballing Supplemental

"Since President Bush released his latest addition to the burgeoning FY2008 war supplemental on Monday, the resulting debate in Congress has revolved around how to leverage it politically. We hope this does not mean that members or their staff will put off scrutinizing what the supplemental actually contains until they sit down to legislate it weeks or months from now. Many areas of the supplemental warrant closer scrutiny, such as the hidden components of the massive 'additional activities' account or the 40 percent increase in procurement (and that's not counting the MRAPs)."