Now Mr. Bush has reversed course.

Mr. Bush reversed course in October 2001, after determining that it met cost-benefit tests, and adopted the standard.

It's too much to expect Mr. Bush to reverse overnight his firm campaign pledges not to increase taxes.

But Mr. Bush reversed course and assured New York it would get its full funding (though it still does not actually exist in the budget).

Now it seems possible that Mr. Bush will reverse course and call for tax cuts.

Prodded by critics, Mr. Bush reversed himself and appointed the bipartisan panel a month ago.

But administration officials argue that Mr. Bush never reversed policy.

Under a phony banner of national security, Mr. Bush has reversed reasonable steps by the Clinton administration to narrow the government's capacity to classify documents.

In his third month in office, Mr. Bush reversed a campaign pledge to cap carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

If Mr. Bush does not reverse course, Congress should intervene.