The Price of Politics (Shorter Bai Edition) This just in from the Dept. of Shameless Plugging: It has been gratifying to read reviews of Bob Woodward's new book - by Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times, David Lauter in The Los Angeles Times and Jeff Shesol in The Washington Post - and see the various references to Matt Bai's excellent article about the debt deal gone bad, from our April 1 issue, saying that Bai had already revealed all the important information contained in Woodward's book. If you need to purchase "The Price of Politics" to complete your Woodward collection, don't let us stop you. But for those who want to understand how the deal went south and what the implications are - in shorter but exhaustively reported form - check out Bai's article.