Well Put
From Mark Schmitt's Op-Ed piece, "Too Much Information," about the ridiculousness of lengthy policy statements (eg health-care proposals) in electoral politics:
We don’t give our presidents total power to enact policy. They have to work with a Congress made up of people with their own views and constituencies. Does anyone really think that a plan cooked up by a bunch of smart 20-somethings after a couple of all-nighters amid the empty pizza boxes and pressures of a campaign is superior to what could be developed with the full resources of the federal government and open Congressional hearings and debate?
