Tyler Cowen sees a Bush I don't...

Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution "pie-in-the-sky"s an economic plan for George W. Bush, apparently on the (accurate) assumption that he should have one.

But he goes a step further, identifying a Bush I don't see at the bottom of the entry: “What I liked about Bush, way back when, was that he seemed willing to talk tough truths and then follow through. Where has that gone?” [emphasis mine]

I can’t find any examples in Bush’s history other than Iraq which, to be nice about it, didn’t involve “tough truths.” Anyone have any examples?