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Prepared for Failure

The Democrats already have their excuse ready when their health-care reform falls short. The solution, of course, will involve more spending.

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During the Bush years, left-of-center critics noted a curious phenomenon among backers of the war in Iraq. Regardless of how bad the situation looked, it was always a vindication of the hawkish world view.

The occupation has been a miserable failure? That's because we didn't have troops, we haven't been tough...

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