Lightning Round: Ronaldus Magnus.

• No one wants to talk about the fact that sooner or later the federal government will have to increase revenues to close the budget deficit, because American politicians are no longer allowed to mention the word "tax" unless it's succeeded by the word "cuts." Of course, one source of revenue that shouldn't be controversial, corporate taxes, could supply some of that revenue, so it's discouraging to see that option is off the table because of "complaints from businesses."
• Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) doesn't know if he can support a health-care reform bill without support from Olympia Snowe, adding that it's a "good question." Here's an even better question: why does it matter for your vote how Snowe votes? Or here's another one: what do you believe a good reform bill looks like? I doubt Nelson could answer these questions honestly because he doesn't seem to have any principles whatsoever.
• If you're National Review and you're looking for a voice to pen a column on the "fiasco" of Obama's handling of health-care reform, you have endless talent to choose from. But you also want credibility. So who do you turn to? Why, a convicted criminal businessman currently serving time for fraud, of course! Fortunately, the editorial standards are higher at The Corner, where Andy McCarthy can compare Rush Limbaugh to Martin Luther King Jr., secure in the knowledge that the blog's editors will have his back.
• Remainders: Clearly the National Football League suffers from an extraordinary amount of liberal bias; AP "news analysis" asks whether Obama is "obnoxiously articulate" now, not articulate enough one month ago; and Republicans are correct that treating politicians like saints is ridiculous.

--Mori Dinauer