Quotage

Paul Levy, in his resignation letter made public earlier this morning. I highlight this not to foreground any such events that may have led to the apology, but rather to underscore how elegantly his apology is communicated:

“Over the last nine years, I have certainly made mistakes of degree, emphasis, and judgment."

Steven Pearlstein on H.R. 2’s inaptly (ineptly?) named title, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act:

"What's particularly noteworthy about this fixation with 'job killing' is that it stands in such contrast to the complete lack of concern about policies that kill people rather than jobs."

More next Friday.