Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), the Senate Armed Services Committee's new ranking member, used a hearing on the anticipated effects of sequestration this week to ask the service chiefs a pointed question: How many lives would be lost if budget cuts were allowed to take effect come March? The inquiry, depending on who is asked, amounts to either the latest maneuver in the political gamesmanship surrounding sequestration or an honest exploration of the causes and effects at work in defense spending...
