The problem was the wife. Aides to Newt Gingrich have resigned from his presidential campaign in protest of what they felt was a takeover by Callista Gingrich, the candidate’s wife since 2000.

Yuval Levin highlighted this yesterday, and it's one of the most revealing things I've seen recently, not just about Obamacare, but how the left generally views the exercise of power.

First, a refresher: Buried deep within the Obamacare bill is the Democrats' plan for lowering Medicare costs -- something called the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Here's how it works:

AEI's Danielle Pletka puts the war in Afghanistan in perspective, in a column for the Daily Beast: 

I notice that when Congressman Anthony Weiner is asked about resignation—usually on the fly, generally while hurrying past a scrum of reporters—that aura of contrition quickly evaporates. “No, I’m not resigning,” he declares, and the narrowed eyes and pursed lips familiar to viewers of his C-SPAN tantrums are suddenly in evidence.

The AP reports that the Navy SEALs' raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan has resulted in a "trove" of actionable intelligence:

It’s the year for revisiting the Civil War, and also, alas, for “revisioning”—according to current sensibilities—how the war should be remembered. A recent casualty of the blogosphere skirmishes is the famous letter from Union major Sullivan Ballou to his wife Sarah, written a week before his death in the first battle of Bull Run. (The full text of the letter is available here.)

In anticipation of today’s Senate confirmation hearing for Defense secretary nominee Leon Panetta, a list of ten questions on the future of U.S. defense spending priorities was jointly released by the American Enterprise Institute, the Foreign Policy Initiative, and the Heritage Foundation earlier this week.

A reader sent in this picture, taken yesterday on Route 50 in Arlington, Virginia:

Steve Hayes, with Mara Liasson and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:

"U.S. Is Intensifying a Secret Campaign of Yemen Airstrikes"

Matt Bai: "The Problem With Obama’s Re-Election Pitch"

Allahpundit: "It’s come to this: Wisconsin liberals protest Scott Walker at … Special Olympics ceremony"

Staten Island Republican Michael Grimm doesn't seem spooked by the Democrats' campaign against Medicare. In an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box earlier today, he showed no sign of backing down on the plan he voted for: