After the historic Battle of Waterloo, which ended the career of Napoleon, the victorious Duke of Wellington was asked to comment. Instead of the expected boasting, he said, “It was a close-run thing.”

No red wave? No tsunami? Okay, we’ll take probable control of the House and a split Senate. In fighting for the future of our country, like the Olympics, it doesn’t matter that you won by one-hundredth of a second; they still give you the gold medal.