  Ever since quantum field theory was first applied to the derivation of
nuclear forces in the mid-20th century, the renormalization of pion exchange
with realistic couplings has presented a challenge. The implementation of
effective field theories (EFTs) in the 1990s promised a solution to this
problem but unexpected obstacles were encountered. The response of the nuclear
community has been to focus on "chiral potentials" with regulators chosen to
produce a good description of data. Meanwhile, a successful EFT without
explicit pion exchange --- Pionless EFT --- has been formulated where
renormalization is achieved order by order in a systematic expansion of
low-energy nuclear observables. I describe how lessons from Pionless EFT are
being applied to the construction of a properly renormalized Chiral EFT.
