MURAVCHIK adds:

Jonathan Muravchik went online with readers of the Washington Post today, and discussed some of the issues dealt with in my post below. In fact, some of the questions could have come directly from that post, or fromRocket Man’s on the same subject. As always, Muravchik’s comments are well worth reading. I’m too tired to address them now, but I may take a shot tomorrow.

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