1.   Both candidates say they will expand Medicare to provide no-cost prescription drugs to poor seniors.

2.   Currently, just four of the dozen or so states that offer drug coverage to poor seniors run the program out of their welfare offices.

3.   Poor seniors would get free care.

4.   Poor seniors would get even more help, and impoverished seniors would be covered for free.

5.   Poor seniors would get larger subsidies depending on their incomes.

6.   Thompson said he would prefer broader legislation but must begin by proposing the program for poor seniors that Bush pitched during the campaign.

7.   Thompson said he would prefer legislation that addresses both issues but must begin by proposing the program for poor seniors that Bush pitched during the campaign.