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Why Partisan Bickering Works

Democrats blame the GOP for their failure to pass health care. But what if obstruction is doing "the people's business?" Tunku Varadarajan on the benefits of partisanship.

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The indignant call for "bipartisanship" today is from people who want to pass health-care legislation over the equally indignant objections of many, many, many Americans.

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