Another non-defeat for President Bush.

For the second time in three months, the House failed Wednesday to override President Bush’s veto of a bill that would greatly increase spending on a popular children’s health insurance program.

Democratic leaders fell 15 votes shy of obtaining the two-thirds majority needed for an override. The final vote was 260-152, with 42 Republicans siding with Democrats.

Not included in the Yahoo! news story was a comment I heard on the radio (I didn’t catch which rep. was speaking) who described this as “Groundhog Day“.

But don’t be fooled into thinking this is the end of it.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said that the House would continue to focus on the program during the coming election year.

“This won’t be your last opportunity this year to address this issue,” Hoyer told lawmakers during the debate.

I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl. We ate lobster and drank pina coladas. At sunset we made love like sea otters. That was a pretty good day. Why couldn’t I get that day over and over and over…

No such luck.