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Against the backdrop of charges and countercharges over race, attack ads and complaints over attack ads, a little bit of lawmaking may be breaking out. And it if it works, you'll be able to credit both Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.

Sometimes it's the little, off-the-cuff remark that an elected leader or a candidate serves up that suddenly reveals a mindset that underlies his or her approach to many important issues. One of those moments came at President Bush's news conference yesterday.

 

There's no polite way to say this, so I'll just say it -- poop, as well as other waste, is much in the news of late. And that's not only a good thing, it's something that could and should influence debate in the presidential and congressional campaigns.