An interesting Bloomberg  article about the last minute budget negotiations: "President Barack Obama had finally reached his breaking point."Obama doesn't seem to be very good at this.  As I read it I recalled a 2009 incident.  Francis Cardinal George, then chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops,  spoke about meeting Obama.  George reported it was an odd meeting.   Obama kept insisting that he and the Cardinal were in agreement on abortion. The Cardinal kept saying No, we are not. There was no need for any resolution at that meeting, but it was telling that Obama couldn't acknowledge a fundamental philosophical difference.   Here is what Cardinal George had to say after his meeting.  "It's hard to disagree with him because he'll always tell you he agrees with you," he said. "Maybe that's political. I think he sincerely wants to agree with you. You have to say, again and...(Read Full Post)