<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Dissent Of The&nbsp;Day]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>A reader writes:</p><div class="blockquote" style="margin-left: 40px;">I take <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/04/nature-hates-republicans.html">the point </a>that a little less partisanship in a public health crisis is surely warranted. But why is it partisan to point out that Democrats were supporting this funding in the stimulus package, while Republicans killed it? </div>]]></html></oembed>