Published April 05, 2007, 12:00 AM

Opinion: Why give D.C. vote?

WASHINGTON — Lincoln supposedly said: If I call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Five? No, calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg. Which brings us to the proposal to treat the District of Columbia as if it were a state.

By: George Will,

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