two more columns to raise the bar -
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/opinion/05dowd.html?em
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06krugman.html?th&emc=th
The second one is probably the most important. I keep reaching for ways to reach the "other side." Health care may be the issue that reaches them in light of what has happened with the economy. Health care. That seems like a key issue to me, and McCain would make it inaccessible to many, certainly himself if he weren't married to a wealthy woman and on the government dole, because this issue of pre-existing conditions is huge for a great many people.