Standing Athwart?

Olympia Snowe, explaining her vote in favor of the Baucus bill:

Is this bill all that I want? Far from it. Is it all that it can be? Far from it. But when history calls, history calls.

Downright Hegelian, not to mention characteristically well-reasoned. Next time history calls, take a message.

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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