Harry Reid, in a continuing (and spectacularly effective) effort to demonstrate his lack of political instincts, somehow chose yesterday to drop a hint that he thought the health-care debate would stretch into next year. Could there be a better way to exacerbate the anxiety of centrist Democrats in the wake of yesterday’s elections, and to ensure that those election results undermine the Democrats’ health-care push?

About the Author
Yuval Levin is the director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute and the editor of National Affairs. His most recent book is American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation -- and Could Again.
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