"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."

Greg Sargent at WaPo:

The battle over whether it’s true that the Republican plan (to replace single-payer medical insurance for seniors with capped vouchers in the private market) would “end Medicare” is about to play out in a critical way in New Hampshire.

The National Republican Congressional Committee, which oversees House races for the GOP, has written a sharply-worded letter demanding that a New Hampshire TV station yank an ad making that claim.

Whether the ad gets taken down could help set a precedent for whether other stations will air Dem TV ads making this argument, which is expected to be a central message for Dems in the 2012 elections.

Atrios:

When We Replace The Marines With A Pizza, We Will Call The Pizza The Marines.