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With the shooting of U.S. House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise

, the question must be raised: Is it time to ratchet down the rhetoric and actually talk to one another? This isn’t a surrender of principle, but the practical approach grown-ups take to solving complex issues. This isn’t to say there won’t be heated debate and some raised voices, but these days … that’s all we have.