A Dry "Well"

The "President" has been meeting with seniors--taking on their tough questions.

Another audience member brought up disparities between hospital costs for patients with and without insurance. That got Bush going on a favorite topic of late - how health care consumers have much less information about the price of services in advance than with other types of purchases.

He got a bit tripped up when making the comparison to vehicle shopping - something he has not done for years.

"When you go buy a car, you know exactly what they're going to charge you," he said, drawing laughs - and then adjusting his remarks.

"Well, sometimes you don't know," he said. "Well, you negotiate with them. Well, they put something on the window that says price."

Well, they're telling you some rough estimates. Well, there are numbers involved.

Oh well.