Gregg Fischer walked the halls of Congress (and the U.S. Senate), speaking to anyone who was willing to listen. President George W. Bush was not only listening he had picked up the gauntlet left behind by President Bill Clinton (who had proposed the idea of a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit in 1999) but, with both houses in control of Republicans, the idea never turned into reality until President George W. Bush decided it was time to tackle the high cost of prescription drugs in America.