This is why many of us wince when Romney champions his version of universal health care. Beating them by becoming more like them is not a solution if it ends up meaning there’s no us left. They are, in any event, better at being them because they actually believe this stuff.

ADDENDUM: I do not mean to single out Romney as if he is the only candidate guilty of this. I have his program on the brain because I’ve been reading up on it in the last few days — most recently in the WSJ yesterday. But the examples abound.