The reason why you don't "buy" it is because this deal was set up to make the Democrats feel good even though ultimately this is a BIG LOSS for them. The fact that it worked so brilliantly is that you don't like the deal. Relax. Watch what happens. When the history of this is written, historians will be amazed at what a BRILLIANT maneuver Bush pulled off.
I'm not alone in my customer resistence. Charles Krauthammer, Tony Blankley, Thomas Sowell, and WSJ....high cotton thinkers...are equally cynical. Down the road...favorite place for the can to land...we'll see.