This is what appeared to happen in the last Indian election, and the election in the United States of President Barack Obama was also plainly a supremely rational moment. But reason does not seem to be getting much of a hearing during the current health-care debate in the US.
有时候理性确实能够获胜，正如最近一届印度大选；美国总统奥巴马的当选也无疑是个崇高的理性时刻。然而，在目前关于美国医疗保健改革的争论当中，理性似乎没占到什么便宜。