Voters are intensely interested in making prescription drugs more affordable for senior citizens.
Most politicians agree something needs to be done.
And everybody from presidential candidates to state lawmakers are scrambling aboard the bandwagon. It all sounds like a formula for getting results, even in an election year. Election pressures could increase the odds of Congress passing a plan - but President Clinton has said he wants Republicans to go further in providing benefits than they have offered so far. I don't have any extra money. Three-fourths of Americans age 61 and older say prescription drugs will be very important in their presidential vote, according to an ABC News poll last month.