"It is, of course, the word "Koch. First it was a hallmark of the fever swamps and the gutter press. Then it was adopted by the less self-aware partisans of the republic's press corps, who nervously pulled it to their lips as a teenager might a joint. And finally — as his fortunes began to fade — the Senate Majority Leader himself picked it up and ran with it. Meditating on the troubles that the republic faces, Senator Harry Reid settled upon "Koch," that all-encompassing and "un-American" malady. Koch is trying to "buy the country," Reid announced from the Senate...