This is what I love about you Mr. Coyne. Although I'm not on the same bit of the political spectrum as you, I respect and admire anyone who actually looks at the facts before making an opinion and even revises that opinion based on new facts. Too many people are so brainwashed by ideology and partisanship they wouldn't know a fact if it slapped them in the face a gazillion times and readily swallow whatever lie is spoonfed to them by their leaders.