And even if he had survived Mr Toomey's onslaught, he would then have had to perform the difficulttrick of moving back to the centre to beat a Democrat.
One trick I suggest to patients if they find it difficult to stop after one serving is to chew a piece of mint or cinnamon gum after eating tempting foods to get the taste out of their mouth or make subsequent servings less tasty.
That makes it more difficult for employers to circumvent the law by ordering staggered layoffs--a common employer trick to avoid the federal WARN act is the 49-person layoff.