Living inside the Washington Beltway does affect your thinking. I would not have predicted the extent of the general public's rally to defend Chick-fil-A and the company executive who spoke his mind. Also, I would not have predicted that the counterdemonstration would fizzle as it did. When I first heard what the Chick-fil-A executive said, I thought that guy's career was over and he was probably taking a good chicken sandwich down with him.