quote unquote: What would Roosevelt do?

The "fixation on securing bipartisan support for health care reform suggests that the Democratic Party has forgotten how to govern and the White House has forgotten how to lead." -- Jean Edward Smith (Roosevelt: The Great Divider, New York Times, 2009-09-02)

Smith is writing about Franklin Roosevelt, but you could ask the same question and mean Teddy. The leaders who changed this country didn't ask for permission from their opponents.