But those very qualities, he now said, served only to give the flawed system some credibility.

"We got a lot accomplished under a very flawed system," he said.

The answer to Amtrak's problems is not throwing more money into a flawed system.

"It's not in the public interest to add spectrum to a flawed system," he said.

But the larger point is that under this flawed system, there is no right answer.

A flawed system could, for example, unfairly bar people who should have been approved.

He's taking advantage of a system, a very flawed system.

New Jersey's insurance costs are high because of its flawed no-fault system.

But what is the government doing wrong, and how we can change this flawed system?

How could such a flawed system be so impervious to criticism, let alone change?