Quote of the Day: Ezra Klein

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Sep 17

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That’s the funny thing about ceasing to compromise in public. It can make it more likely that you actually get a compromise in private.

-- Ezra Klein, on why the White House should stand firm against Republicans' attempts to cut entitlement programs (Washington Post)

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