Much to learn from American politics

When John McCain lost the election, he gave a magnanimous speech conceding defeat and pledging to work with Barack Obama as "my President".

In turn, Obama acknowledged McCain's long record of dedicated public service to America. He pledged to work with McCain.

Obama met with McCain a few weeks later to discuss how they can work together to solve America's problems.

Here is a country with 60 times the population and talent pool of Singapore. They know how to work together to find the best people to solve their problems.

In Singapore, we have a limited talent pool. We need to find a way to tap the best of our limited talents. We should rely on our local talents, instead of foreignt talents who do not have a long term interest of our nation.