So Republicans are complaining that Times piece on Chile’s privatize Social Security system was biased against privatization. They’re shrieking about robocalls telling constituents that so-and-so wants to privatize Social Security. They’re picking up, abandoning and then demonizing terms so quick that copy editors are left in the corner with a martini and tears.

Does it seem to anyone else like they’ve already lost this fight?

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.