I had a smart boss once...

...who told me never to sell past "yes." In other words, once you've made the sale, shut up and stop selling.

I thought of this when reading, "Bishops Reject White House's New Plan on Contraception," in the Times this morning:

The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops have rejected a compromise on birth control coverage that President Obama offered on Friday and said they would continue to fight the president’s plan to find a way for employees of Catholic hospitals, universities and service agencies to receive free contraceptive coverage in their health insurance plans, without direct involvement or financing from the institutions.

This is 2012 and we're talking about birth control, for crying out loud. It's time the bishops took my old boss's advice and declared victory and went home.