This drastic change of heart must very well be the result of the Romney loss and the realization that if the Republicans want to be a positive factor in governing they must be realistic and give up their fervent opposition to any taxes at all.
But Christie, who was banned for two years after testing positive for steroids in 1999, wants governing bodies to play an enhanced role in informing testers of athletes' whereabouts.
Mr. Armstrong denied to Ms. Winfrey the accusation that he paid off the Union Cycliste Internationale, the sport's international governing body, to get out of a positive test at the 2001 Tour de Suisse.
That is despite positive responses from Fifa president Sepp Blatter and his predecessor at world football's governing body, Joao Havelange, when the subject was broached with them.