A LOOK AT AIDS, AFRICA, AND THE ELECTIONS:

Bush didn’t just renew his historic initiative, he vastly expanded it. But unlike with the first five-year run of PEPFAR, this time he won’t be around to make good on his promises. That will fall to the next President. So if you think of yourself as a social-justice-loving sort of person, you should make damn sure that whoever you vote for has made clear that, on Africa, they’ll carry forward Bush’s legacy, rather than bringing us back to the dark days of Clintonian indifference.

If that happens, it will be because of personal belief, not politics. As Bush’s history makes clear, his support on this issue has done nothing for him politically, as not enough people care.