"I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting," he said. "Most of us didn't think that. What we did learn is this -- it's a hostage that's worth ransoming."
OK, I'm not ready to write a "Dear Barack" letter because I remember thinking there wasn't a dime's worth of difference in 2000 -- sigh -- but in 2012 I'm back to lesser of evils -- sigh again.