Reading: That Used to be Us

I picked up this book at Mccarran airport yesterday waiting for my very delayed to flight to Portland. Let me tell you, sitting in the airport in sin city (of all places) and reading this particular book is sobering;  I still can't put this book down. 

Friedman and Mandelbaum outline the challenges that we face as Americans and make a sobering call to return to our sensibilities and core principles. Especially for the idiot policy makers in Washington who can't even agree on what day of the week it is.

Anybody else think there is a play on words going on in the title of this book?