Matt Bai: "Why do some political missteps haunt their candidates forever, while
others are easily put to rest? John Kerry saying he voted for the war
before he voted against it, or Howard Dean screeching on a stage in
Iowa, instantly becomes the stuff of political history, but when George
W. Bush admits that he was once arrested for driving under the
influence, it immediately fades into obscurity. Some politicians, as
they used to say of Ronald Reagan, seem coated in Teflon, while others
seem covered in Krazy Glue, unable to shake the stickiness of what seem
like minor embarrassments."