Ramesh Ponnuru?s contribution to National Review?s health-care issue includes at least one timeless observation. Ponnuru applies the observation to public support for ?universal? health coverage, but it?s a line we should keep in mind any time a politician cites public support for a goal that would require major sacrifices from taxpayers:
When people say that they want to achieve a goal but not any of the means to achieve it, they are not all that attached to the goal.
