The certainty offered by a long-term bill is precisely what America's transportation leaders--like the Champions of Change I met yesterday--need to plan confidently for tomorrow's infrastructure and begin putting our friends and neighbors back to work today.
By offering his own pint-sized, poll-tested and (ostensibly) paid-for tax credits for stay-at-home mothers, long-term care-givers and the like, Bill Clinton sounds both populist and responsible.