So, in the same way we hire workers to repair the furnace or plug the leak under the sink, we hire workers to fix the big national problems.

CNN: Why do we pay politicians for no results?

At issue is whether a heart-plug procedure to repair a birth defect that is common in about a quarter of the U.S. population can prevent strokes in young people.

WSJ: Doctors Debate Whether Strokes Be Prevented With a Heart-Plug Procedure