The Canadian option is fast becoming a political wake-up call, "If our neighbors can buy drugs at reasonable prices, why can't we?"

加拿大的选择正迅速成为一个政治警钟：“如果我们的邻居能够以合理的价格购买药品，我们为什么不能？”

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Some viewers have criticized it as political manipulation, others as a wake-up call.

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And no matter what your political persuasion, thank the Bush family for the wake-up call.

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Despite its inherent illogic, the notion that last week's massive, cascading electrical blackout was a "wake-up" call seems now to have become as much a part of the political landscape as has the effort to assign blame for this costly man-made disaster.

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