By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
The young drop coverage to avoid higher premiums

The economy remains the driving issue in the 2012 presidential campaign, but both sides have in recent days taken detours to deal with distractions and ghosts from the past.
Mitt Romney's campaign is distancing itself from a Republican-leaning super PAC's plan to run ads highlighting President Obama's ties to his controversial former pastor.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's fundraising is going so well that people are literally trying to tuck checks into his pocket on the campaign trail.
"Teachable moments" can be good, but only if the class is listening. It helps if there's a teacher on hand to exploit the moment.
Republican debacle

Senator John McCain yesterday renounced the endorsements of two influential televangelists - John Hagee and Rod Parsley - who both had made inflammatory statements that liberals have been using to tar McCain.
Palestinian identity
Mr. Wright explain that house come Judgment Day?
Mr. Page says that on the program, Mr. Wright explained and gave context to the "snippets" shown on television news and that the context was backed up by video excerpts.