An Issue So Ripe, Even Republicans Know It When They See It

An offhand comment (on an issue close to my lungs) in an email to Eric Dondero and some other guys becomes a blog post at "Libertarian Republican" ...

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This is an issue that plays to the same sentiments as e.g. lowering the drinking age, getting rid of seatbelt laws, etc., but in some ways it is even better, because it's pretty transparently the Democrats a) trying to preserve tax revenues from cigarette sales and b) doing a favor for Big Tobacco, even though they know that that favor will cost lives.