When the run was over, Petraeus initiated a pull-up contest, and did seventeen, an astounding number.

NEWYORKER: General Principles

Seventeen on them reached number one, a feat topped only by Stevie Wonder and Louis Jordan, and equalled only by Aretha Franklin.

BBC: James Brown

The point to take away: Obama Care will cost well in excess of a trillion dollars but will reduce the number of uninsured only from 36 to 30 million, or by seventeen percent.

FORBES: Government Study Finds Obama Care Leaves Thirty Million Uninsured