1.   And so we have the luxury of arguing endlessly about prescription drug plans, and enjoying the Clinton scandals in perpetuity.

2.   And when House Republicans passed their own prescription drug plan, Bush avoided taking a position on it.

3.   As Gore himself has been insisting daily, Bush does not have a prescription drug plan.

4.   As recently as last week, Bush said he inteded to push a senior prescription drug plan through Congress.

5.   At the same time, Republicans and Democrats grew farther apart on how best to provide the elderly with an affordable prescription drug plan.

6.   A prescription drug plan is most likely, but limited mental health benefits and free screening tests for cancer are also possible.

7.   A new government agency would be established in the Department of Health and Human Services to administer the program through private prescription drug plans.

8.   A White House aide said a longer-range Medicare prescription drug plan would be sent to Congress later.

9.   Administration officials said Tuesday the Bush prescription drug plan is one of several building blocks aimed at eventually providing comprehensive drug coverage to all Medicare beneficiaries.

10.   Al Gore, in Philadelphia today, challenged a drug industry-backed group critical of his prescription drug plan.