Another good post by Mr. Brooks.   It show that there are in fact many very rational, very smart, conservative Republicans who want to strip away the bloviated arguments of the far right, and far left, and look for a rational answers.     Brooks is a remenant of the Republican party that believed they could provide, smart, experienced leadership, with the cooperation of at least some Democrats ( financial conservatives)

There's nothing wrong wtih looking at mistakes if your goal is to fix them.   

If the goal is to self aggrandizement to raise ones personal status, justice goes out the door.      To have it believed in mass, just shows how easy it is to sell a good lie.