Ignatieff overplayed hand in political showdown, say Grits and Tories

Summer to play out like a pre-election campaign, but there's a limited number of times the PM and Ignatieff can take their brinkmanship to the edge and maintain credibility.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff overplayed his hand in last week's political showdown with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, handled it "badly" because he lacked a backup plan to deal with the fallout and then had to retreat from his initial ultimatum which "hurt" him politically, say some top Libe...

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