Choosing When to Fly Home and 10 Other Things That Aren’t a ‘Sophie’s Choice’

Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
In analyzing the presidential race, former Mitt Romney strategist Stuart Stevens was quoted in today’s New York Times as saying, “Every day in a campaign is ‘Sophie’s Choice,’ And that’s the hardest thing. You’ve got to decide where you’re going to live and where you’re going to die.”
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