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Coalition's diversity as dramatic as its message

At least some people know how to play nice in the sandbox.

The unspoken premise of such a remark is that we should be totally divorced from anyone with whom we disagree, that’s it’s odd to be their friend. It makes politics and public policy an extreme game of us-versus-them in which anyone who disagrees with us is so lacking in any basic virtue that really there’s no good reason to talk to or listen to them at all. But ha, ha, ha, I’m gonna make an exception once in a while and be friends with one of them despite his defect.

You often hear prominent radio or TV commentator/entertainers say stuff like this, but pretty much never the actual politicians. That kind of nasty, divisive premise is just right for marketing a radio show or TV broadcast. But the commentator/entertainers have a huge influence on the tone of debate over key issues.

It’s all the more surprising and remarkable, then, to see the emergence of a unique coalition of what otherwise would be opponents on matters of public policy.

The Coalition for a Stronger FDA is a refreshing blend of individuals and interest groups, joined by their common interest in the importance of the US Food and Drug Administration. The Coalition members’ cooperative action flies in the face of the combative rules of the game established by others. It might be unique in history, it might be utterly unprecedented, but what is certain is that it is dramatic and powerful in its symbolism.

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