[Vaquero]

So with absence of Malice, win, does the outcome raise Aaron Burr from villain status to newly re-established patriot? Enquiring minds...yatta...yatta...yatta.

[OddLane]

Burr is still a villain-although not for the reason most people believe-but I think the debate illustrated that almost all of the founders-especially the framers-had severe shortcomings that should be acknowledged.

Woods alluded to John Taylor, who's a great example.

He perceived the problems with creating a national government more acutely than perhaps any of his contemporaries, but at the same time supported the institution of slavery.

FWIW, Nancy Isenberg wrote a phenomenal, very fair biography of Burr which is worth reading, called Fallen Founder .