December 20, 1999.
Small steps are sometimes prudent.
If things go well, they help build the case for something larger. But it's important to remember that incrementalism is a tactic, not a vision. Presidential campaigns should be about where we want to go as a nation, about how much we want to commit. Even if we can't get there all at once, we can at least set our sights high. We'll never know if he was right.