Payton v. Woodford, 346 F.3d 1204, 1225 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (Tallman, J., joined by Kozinski, Trott, Fernandez, and T.G. Nelson, JJ., dissenting), cert. granted sub nom. Goughnour v. Payton, 541 U.S. ___, 124 S.Ct. 2388, 158 L.Ed.2d 962, 2004 WL 102831 (May 24, 2004). Our apparent inability to internalize AEDPA's strict standard of review has become a source of repeated public embarrassment.