“We live in an era where we knock down old American heroes for all their imperfections, when no leader wants to admit to fault or failure,” said Meghan McCain in her eulogy for her father, John McCain. “You were an exception and gave us an ideal to strive for.” “Heartened by the outpouring of appreciation” for McCain, Mike Petrilli proposes “teaching little kids about American heroes again.” The complexity and cynicism can come later. But when boys and girls are five or six o