Inventing A Failure

Krugman: The GOP's 'Damned Lies' About Obamacare
Paul Krugman, professor of international trade and economics at Princeton University and Nobel Prize-winning economist, speaks during an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman said last month that Bank of England Governor Mervyn King had 'stepped way over the line' and become a 'cheerleader' for the government's deficit-cutting plans. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Paul Krugman, professor of international trade and economics at Princeton University and Nobel Prize-winning economist, speaks during an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman said last month that Bank of England Governor Mervyn King had 'stepped way over the line' and become a 'cheerleader' for the government's deficit-cutting plans. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Last week, House Republicans released a deliberately misleading report on the status of health reform, crudely rigging the numbers to sustain the illusion of failure in the face of unexpected success. Are you shocked?

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