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I would like to nominate this for least surprising lead of week:
The sweeping legislation that grew out of Toyota Motor Corp.’s sudden-acceleration crisis — heralded as the most important auto safety bill in a decade — has been scaled back significantly in the face of auto industry opposition.
You can substitute any rich interest group you like for “auto industry” in this story and you’ve pretty much written the recent history of American politics. Pretty uplifting, no?
