The event came on the same day as the Senate Finance Committee held its second hearing of the year on Social Security ("Proposals to Achieve Sustainable Solvency: With and Without Accounts") and as the administration was nearing the end of the "60 Stops in 60 Days" tour it launched on March 2 to promote its proposals.  (April 27 press release).  How the administration fares in its efforts to modify Social Security will likely have a significant impact on the outcome of the 2006 mid-term elections.