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10:50 AM, Jun 24, 2009 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM
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Yes, we know. You're the president.

"How is it that Obama was a genius yesterday for not condemning Iranian brutality and tomorrow he'll be heralded as a genius for condemning it today?"

Milton Friedman on "How to Cure Health Care."

In other news, Mark Sanford is also a hypocrite for having used an office on Capitol Hill when he was a representative and for driving on federally funded roads.

Why do we pay more for medical care? Partly because our doctors make more money.

"If all of the health plans [including a government-run health plan] are on the same level playing field and everyone is guaranteed access to health insurance, why would you need public option?"

Protests in Baharestan Square.

Mark Sanford will face the press at 2 p.m.

Lessons on a government-run insurance option from Florida's government-run home insurance option.

More by Mary Katharine Ham

A comedy 3,000 years in the making (slight content warning for one curse word near the end, so beware):