I'll get into the details later, but let me point out John Kerry's ambitious child care plan, which includes tax credits for at-home parents in addition to larger subsidies for commercial day care.

The big problem? "And Kerry will allow stay-at-home moms of infants receive support from the tax credit," says the release. I'm assuming that the choice of the gender-exclusive "stay-at-home moms" was an error, and that all at-home parents will be eligible. But it suggests a certain tin ear on the subject ...