My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them. (DeForest Soaries)

My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them.

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