In case someone hasn't gotten the message, the decision of the Obama administration to administer the toughest kind of love possible to the automobile industry shouldn't be lost on the insurance community.

The Sunday, March 29 decision of the Obama administration is sending shock waves through Washington, D.C. As some political commentators have noted, it sent even Republicans intent on uniformly disagreeing with every decision of the new administration into disarray.

Some Republicans said they supported it, some said they were neutral, and some who insisted that the administration hasn't been tough enough on financial miscreants suddenly turned around and said the administration had gone too far.

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