To be fair, Alan has not played up the fundamental tax reform issue.
He was asked a question, and he answered it.
That's the problem. Keyes is a principled man of conviction, but he won't get elected to any office with a policy agenda that doesn't take the views of mainstream Americans into consideration.
You support most of the Keyes agenda. I support a great deal of it. But that doesn't help in getting him elected in Illinois or most of the America.
Know what I mean?