NPR's Morning Edition aired today a segment on which presidential candidate, John McCain or Barack Obama, is actually the most bi-partisan or post-partisan or something like that. Frankly, I couldn't care less, mostly because these glorified labels are hooey. But here's how Obama, when asked to speak about??a time??he has broken ranks with his party, explained his bi-/post-partisanshipishness:
Obama also points to his willingness to consider merit pay for teachers. "I've gotten in trouble with the teachers union on this--that we should be experimenting with charter schools," he said. "We should be experimenting with different ways of compensating teachers."