The other rare and important thing the NIH can do that the private sector does not do is pure research. Grants for such work is almost the exclusive domain of government.

The NIH does not get the acclaim that it should. It was not the march of dimes or Jerrys kids who created the therapy for muscular dystrophy, it was the NIH.

Crap, there goes another shooting near the White House. There goes the commute...