Pearls Before Swine Flu

President Obama is asking for $1.5 billion from Congress for fighting Swine Flu.

In a letter to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the president made the request "at an abundance of caution," and said the funds should be "provided with maximum flexibility to allow us to address this emerging situation."

He also suggested the supplementing of anti-viral stockpiles, and assisting international efforts to stem the outbreak could be good uses of the funds. He added that his administration has "carefully been monitoring the situation, coordinating state and local responses, assessing the risk here in the United States and cooperating with international organizations and health officials around the globe."

Go ahead, GOP. Unanimously vote against that as pork. Filibuster swine flu funds. Watch what happens.