October 12, 2009 5:43PM 

# Columbus Day Links 

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- Americans are catching on to the idea that [the health care overhaul is really about redistributing health](http://bit.ly/QJeea).

- [Can the Republican Party revive itself?](http://bit.ly/2BibJf) David Boaz: “George W. Bush nearly destroyed the Republican Party, but Barack Obama is giving it a chance at resurrection.”

- Can the federal government handle a health care overhaul? Federal programs are [consistently wrought with waste, fraud and cost overruns](http://bit.ly/zlQIj).

- [A strategy for Afghani](http://bit.ly/LVa3T)[stan](http://bit.ly/LVa3T): Instead of sending thousands of extra troops to Afghanistan, the US should focus on assisting and training Afghan forces.

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