How long will it take for Rep. Patrick McHenry to tell us what he really meant?
Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, a conservative who keeps a bust of Reagan on his desk, surprised me by declaring that the Reagan era is over. Marginal tax rates are the lowest they've been in generations, and all we can talk about is tax cuts, he said. The people's desires have changed, but we're still stuck in our old issue set.
The Rush Limbaugh faction of the party should be calling for his head and demanding an apology in five, four, three ...