Could be that. I won't argue that possibility. Mr. Forbes did endorse Perry as a candidate, but I can see where that endorsement could have come because of the flat tax plan Perry wanted to include as a part of his tax-entitlement-economic reform plan and Mr. Forbes' own participation in working with Governor Perry on the tax reform segments of that plan.
If I were Mr. Forbes, and had been as passionate about Flat Tax as he has always been, I would be ecstatic that anyone of prominence would revive that passionate dream and give it a fighting chance once more. That alone might make me want that person to have that chance to make that dream happen.
However, this is what this boils down to to me. If anyone wanted to utilize the knowledge and insight of Steve Forbes, I think that, in and of itself, is a pretty smart thing to do. I've always liked Steve Forbes, and perhaps this is the time in history we can get some kind of reform through, regardless of which reform for better we end up going with.
YES!