When every delegate matters, apparently the coveting of Puerto Rican delegates leads to issues pertaining to the commonwealth becoming primary campaign issues.
Seen in the Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire blog:
Today, Hillary Clinton released a policy agenda to put more policemen in Puerto Rico, bring universal health care to the island, create new jobs and work to have the federal government give up land on Vieques island, where the Navy formerly operated a bombing range. Her plan today is also designed to lift the cap on Medicaid there, and to extend President Bush’s latest budget proposal to include aid to Puerto Ricans.