Back to the original topic:

A Washington Post editorial says that what the public believes is true about Obama’s reception in Iraq isn’t. But does it matter?

My job brings me into court regularly. Quite often, because my colleagues and I are in the legal world, we will discuss the “legality” of certain actions based on previous court cases (stare decisis) and current law.

Lately I’ve been saying, “It doesn’t matter whether or not we think something is legal. What matters is what the jury thinks. You can have the most airtight legal arguments there are, and the law and previous decisions on your side. But unless you convince those 12 people who couldn’t get out of jury duty that you’re right, you lose and have to wait for an appeal.”