We’ve had the union debate, the gay debate, and now, the cancer debate.

Armstrong will return to Iowa just a month after riding in the Register’s Great Annual Bicycle Ride Across Iowa to co-host candidate forums on cancer with Matthews on Monday and Tuesday at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids.

Since no major candidate is a doctor (Sorry Dr. Paul), the only thing that the participants in this debate can do is pledge to spend money on the problem. Do we really need a whole debate for this? Couldn’t this be taken care of as part of a health care debate? What about diabetes, AIDS, heart disease, etc? Do we need separate debates for each one? Newt is right, this process is completely insane. Obama is sticking to his pledge and not showing up. Hillary however, will attend. In her case, its probably a smart move. She doesn’t wow the crowds, but she keeps putting one group after the other in her pocket in a slow methodical way.