The references to Obama (and Cruz) are empty both-sides-ism, but then this is McMegan. On the other hand, she might almost unintentionally have a point about th

The references to Obama (and Cruz) are empty both-sides-ism, but then this is McMegan. On the other hand, she might almost unintentionally have a point about the need for people to feel that they've identified and fixed the single root cause of a problem. We see that all the time in programming - bug fixes and rewrites that are highly satisfying until the bug reappears and turns out to have had an entirely different cause. Even if these things don't work in practical terms, they have an important psychological effect of providing closure. Seeking that might well be at least part of why this story has driven even more important ones out of this news cycle.