Benjamin Disraeli, the eminent British Prime minister said this in the late nineteenth century long before the VA was beginning to hit its stride at obfuscation and disingenuous, convoluted statistics showing up was left and down was, well, whatever they said it was. Samuel Clemens attributes it to him and no other so I think his lay testimony is admissible. Of course, it might not be if it argues with the VA’s synopsis of the truth.

Whatever the case, you will love this cache of intransigence collected for us by the Washington Examiner. Note that is is not a product of the Washington Post who tends to kowtow to the party line and would do nothing to besmirch the VA’s previously unsullied reputation. Perish the thought. Enjoy the articles. We advocate the consumption of a mind-relaxing drug to assuage what will undoubtedly be an enraged response to what you read. When the VA’s very own OIG is hurling deprecations at you for your questionable mathematics, you know you’re going to have a bit of a credibility issue. Or not. When has it ever bothered them before?