Bush flip-flops on private accounts

[A18]

A surrender is not a flip-flop. It's a loss. This isn't even that.

Bush needs to take what he can on Social Security, so he can move on to tax reform when his blue ribbon tax panel reports it recommendations in September.

Any plan that includes personal accounts will have to wait until 2007.

[A18]

I expect the GOP to lose seats in the House, and gain seats in the Senate, the latter being the branch of the legislature that matters.

Social Security is a much more sensitive issue than tax reform, the latter not even needing selling.

A majority of Republicans support Social Security reform. A majority of Democrats oppose it. Some people seem to have trouble reconciling their opinions with reality.