How Quickly We Forget

Rick Brookhiser, historian of our Founding Fathers, on the Sunni intransigence and the Iraqi Constitution:

Intransigence is not a new phenomenon. The framers of the Constitution said it would go into effect if nine states ratified (not 13), as a way of undermining bitter enders. When George Washington was inaugurated for the first time in April 1789, Rhode Island and North Carolina were still outside the fold.

Interesting.