In a Feb. 26 editorial, we said Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was “posturing” during the Thursday health-care summit by stacking the voluminous Senate bill before him. Mr. Cantor says that he had the bill with him, well-tabbed, not for show but so that Republicans could respond if specific provisions of the bill came up for discussion. That makes sense, and we should not have characterized his purpose as we did.
The idea that having the bill there amounted to posturing proves that discussing the bill wasn’t the purpose of that “summit.” A dog and pony show waste of time and political theater.
That’s why nothing gets done in Washington. Whores love cameras.