Politics Is A Substitute For

In Every Issue There Are Winners Are Losers, And The Losers Are Plenty.

I Led The Fight For The Clinton Health Care Plan In 1994. We Failed. I Learned From That Experience. What I Learned Is You Can't Pass A Complicated Government-run Plan.

One Of The Big Mistakes Republicans Made With The Contract With America Is That They Tried To Do Too Much Too Fast, And People Revolted Against It.

In Every Issue There Are Winners Are Losers, And The Losers Are Plenty. But They Have To Be Willing To Grudgingly Accept The Result. That's The Genius Of Our Democracy.

Diplomacy Matters. Burden-sharing Matters. Follow-through Matters. And Yes, Sustaining The Peace Is Harder, More Complex And Often Costlier Than Winning The War Itself. No Matter The Surge Of Momentary Machismo -- As Gratifying As It May Be For Some -- It's Short-sighted And Wrong To Simply Go It Alone.