A mini-drama played out Thursday on Capitol Hill, one of those little controversies that is often dismissed as part of Congress’s daily and ridiculous inside baseball.

But such a dismissal would be unwise in the case of the missing Obamacare bill, which is perhaps absurd but isn’t a laughing matter. It would be perilous for a Republican House majority that was built on a commitment to legislative transparency and regular order to ignore those concerns as it tries to repeal Obamacare.