Here’s my column today. This e-mailer makes a fair point:

Dear Rich,
… I think in this last one you just can’t see the President’s rationale. If he doesn’t pass health care, everyone will hate him. If he passes it, at least his base (perhaps 33% of the electorate) will be thrilled. You think he’s silly for thinking that the other 67% will come around. Nope, he’s shooting for the only 33% that is available to him.
I hope he fails, but I think he’s being completely reasonable.

And another e-mail:

In your last line of your article today, you quoted Lord Tennyson:
“Boldly they rode and well, into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of Hell.”
At first glance (and I think more fitting) I saw:
“Badly they rode and fell, into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of Hell.”