A reality based politician?

Yglesias » The Vilsack Interview: "What you can do, however, is at least have a political culture that acknowledges that this is one of the principle functions of the federal government. Rural America often seems to me to have a bad case of Keep The Government Out of My Medicare Syndrome that we could do without. Under the circumstances, I think Secretary Vilsack’s willingness to acknowledge the basic shape of what’s going on and defend it is a step in the right direction."