Opinion by Matt Gurney

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Mark Twain famously denounced “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” So you can imagine what his reaction would have been to the controversial survey released earlier this month by McKinsey & Co., the prominent management consulting group. Read the Article>

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The first big Republican presidential debate of the year ended Monday night. For everyone but Tim Pawlenty, that is.The former Minnesota governor is now deep into Round Three of his own personal side debate: Should he have attacked Mitt Romney Monday night on health care or not?

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House Democrats on Wednesday charged House Republicans with trying to censor outgoing Democratic mailings that criticize the Republican plan to change the Medicare program. Read the Article>

Even as Vice President Joe Biden gave his most optimistic assessment yet of budget talks he's leading, President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate signaled Tuesday a harder line on Medicare. That stance is complicating any effort to produce a deal to cut the deficit by $2 trillion or more over the coming decade or so. Read the Article>

Top lawmakers meeting with Vice President Joe Biden hope to reduce deficits by trillions of dollars over 10 years to give Congress political cover to back an increase in the country's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. Read the Article>

Medicare’s 15-member Independent Payments Advisory Board (IPAB) , a key component of President Obama’s health care reform law is coming under attack from both ends of the political spectrum. Read the Article>

Some House Republicans who supported Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget are wary of voting to increase the nation’s debt ceiling, fearing a barrage of campaign ads in the 2012 election. Read the Article>