FutureOfCapitalism.com, "The Health Care State of Play," December 21, 2009: "As a political matter, the Democrats will now own health care under the Pottery Barn Rule, which, as the Republicans found out with Iraq, is not without its risks."
The Wall Street Journal editorial, "The Doctors of the House," March 22, 2010: "So this hour of liberal political victory is a good time to adapt the "Pottery Barn" rule that Colin Powell once invoked on Iraq: You break it, you own it."