Commentary “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” If there ever was a single sentence that cost a politician an election, it was former Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s quip in a Sept. 28 debate with Glenn Youngkin, his Republican opponent in the Nov. 2 election that cost McAuliffe a second term. In September, according to Monmouth University polls of registered voters, Youngkin, a private-equity CEO who had no prior experience in politics, was trailing the widely popular McAuliffe 43 percent to 48 percent—reflecting a lead that McAuliffe had maintained throughout the entire summer. But by October, after McAuliffe had expressed his thoughts about parental control of children’s education, the two were in a dead heat. And on Nov. 2, Youngkin beat McAuliffe 51–49. This in a state that had turned decidedly blue, thanks to its burgeoning Northern Virginia population of well-paid Washington bureaucrats. Virginia …