HEALTH CARE IS A HOT TOPIC ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT WILL IT BE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO VOTERS TO DRIVE THEM TO THE POLLS?

Health care will very likely be the biggest domestic issue and it could be the biggest issue in the entire campaign depending on what happens in Iraq.
POLITICAL ANALYST BILL SCHNEIDER SAYS U-S VOTERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE ESCALATING COST OF HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND THEY WONDER IF THEY CAN AFFORD IT.

They're going to ask one big question they always ask: What does it mean for me?

OTHER POLITICAL ANALYSTS AGREE THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, BUT DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE HEALTH CARE CONCERNS WILL CONVINCE TRADITIONAL NON-VOTERS TO CAST A BALLOT.

Not so much in producing additional turnout in the election but in leading many voters to view the political parties and their choice of their candidates through a health care lens. 

A LENS THAT WILL BE MORE SHARPLY FOCUSED AS THE 2008 ELECTION DRAWS CLOSER