It appears Gov. Jim Doyle will sign the state legislature's bill lowering the state's blood-alcohol limit to 0.08.

Obviously the momentum behind this bill's passage was caused by the fact that Wisconsin would lose out on a lot of federal highway aid had they not passed the bill. There is little doubt that the feds are twisiting the arms of the states on this matter.

However, it's not so different from the 21 year old drinking age laws where states lose money if they don't set the legal drinking age at that level. While I actually believe that the legal drinking age should be 18, if that's what society determines is the actual age of adulthood, I also believe we are better off having some consistency among the states rather than ambiguity.

Likewise, having a national standard for drunk driving is not such a bad thing.