The takeaway from Daschlegate: Executive Accountability

Obama did his best to turn the Daschle lemon into lemonade by taking personal responsibility for the screw-up. That kind of thing will work as long as people don't tire of these Obama v. Bush mashups.

Laura Flanders tells it like it really is: Daschle would not have been an effective advocate for the kind of health care reform that is needed anyway: