Let me say a word about opportunity scholarships. . . . We want a demonstration project in about 15 states.

"There's a sort of policy wonk quality to these arguments about opportunity scholarships and so forth," said Dennis Doyle, a fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation.

In 2009 and 2010, Meeks worked to pass opportunity scholarships for children in Chicago's worst-performing public schools.

Rather, he called the plan "opportunity scholarships."

We're going to have opportunity scholarships.

The opportunity scholarship will provide new opportunities for selected parents who feel their child is not getting the necessary attention and instruction.

But in the Senate race, where he has been careful to paint himself as a moderate, he has referred to vouchers as "opportunity scholarships."

To avoid charges of being anti-public-education, Bush cannily referred to the vouchers as "opportunity scholarships."

Again, though, be alert for the more sophisticated term for vouchers: opportunity scholarships.

Ask Republicans about the initiative and they will coo about "opportunity scholarships" and "school choice," carefully chosen words meant to cast a soft glow on the contentious idea.