The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

In the most recent Republican presidential debate, which took place in Flint, Michigan, Florida Senator Marco Rubio was asked about the Flint leaded water situation and how it was mishandled by Republican Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. Rubio responded with this: "Well, I know I've talked about it, and others in our campaign have talked about it, and other candidates have talked about it, as well. What happened in Flint was a terrible thing. It was a systemic breakdown at every level of government, at both the federal and partially the - both the state and partially at the federal level, as well.  And by the way, the politicizing of it I think is unfair, because I don't think that someone woke up one morning and said, 'Let's figure out how to poison the water system to hurt someone.' But accountability is important. I will say, I give the governor credit. He took responsibility for what happened. And he's talked about people being held accountable an...