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It has to be difficult for policy makers to admit failure, especially when Congress has soundly rejected misguided proposed regulation.    

But when a group of 118 lawmakers of both parties urge you to re-evaluate your policy; when leading advocacy groups and Members of the Congressional Black and Hispanic caucuses voice their opposition; when your department is investigated by the inspector general for possible corruption; and when you are forced to make statements correcting erroneous data â€" maybe, it’s time to admit your blunder and start again. 

So what policy could be so ill conceived as to warrant such a backlash?  

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