[Huck]

In other words, they're not ideologically opposed to government involvement, even when they do see failure. They simply allow the government to substitute one product for another, and think everything's all better.

I think the question comes down to choice. Is it better to have a choice between a handful of schools, all of whom are subject to some form of federal control and/or audit, or just one?

We can still have the debate about federal control, but in the meantime, families are sending their kids to bad schools, where a voucher system would help them escape that problem. Education is critical to the success of our system of government.

It seems as though a lot of people with a stake in this want vouchers, and the usual suspects are against them. That makes me inclined to be for them.

[inquest]

We can still have the debate about federal control...

Not with the voucher system securely in place. That'll make it harder than ever to get the federal government out of education, as it will be all the more entwined in the system.

There's only one direction for us to go in, and that's towards less and less federal control. Any other direction will be self-defeating.