And, back standing to attention, in one voice they called out, 'Publius Cornelius Scipio, we greet you.

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Mr. Delingpole is a contributing editor of the Spectator and author of "Watermelons: The Green Movement's True Colors" (Publius Books, 2011).

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"Publius", blogging at Obsidian Wings, advises the left to choose its battles carefully, for fear of losing the entire healthcare reform bill.

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Like the legendary ancient Roman hero, Publius Horatius Cocles (Horatius to his friends) - who legend has it saved his city and made possible its future glory by singlehandedly holding off an army of Etruscan warriors at a bridge over the Tiber River - he has not been dissuaded from fighting for what he believes in by long odds or intense political pressure.

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