As a nation, we learned that leading your country into an unjust and costly war can result, seven years later, in your party's losing control of the White House and both houses of Congress.

Or maybe we learned that leading your country into an unjust and costly war CAN'T result in your party's losing control of the White House and both houses of Congress—unless you throw in a serious economic recession.

I guess I'm still trying to figure that out.