John McCain believes in a hundred-year occupation of Iraq. Hillary Clinton believes in withdrawal as soon as circumstances allow. John McCain believes in cutting government revenues by about 25 percent. Hillary Clinton believes in letting most of Bush’s tax cuts expire and raising the capital gains rate. John McCain believes in a health system where we largely pay out of pocket for medical services, and ration care by income. Hillary Clinton believes in a health system where the government takes primary responsibility for ensuring that everyone has coverage, and no one has to worry about money when purchasing care. John McCain believes abortion should be illegal in almost all circumstances. Hillary Clinton believes abortion should be legal in almost all circumstances. And Lanny Davis thinks the two of them should publicly pledge to make the other one vice-president if they win.

Why does the Washington Post publish this tripe? It doesn’t even make any sense!

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.