Given the intensifying political fight over Rush Limbaugh’s remarks about Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University activist/law student who was not allowed to testify at a February 16 House hearing on the contraceptive mandate issue, the question arises: Why didn’t Republicans just allow Fluke to testify? The testimony she ended up giving at a Democrats-only meeting a few days later wasn’t particularly compelling, and, had Fluke appeared before the full Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Republicans could have pretty easily challenged her positions. Yet the GOP refused to allow Fluke to appear, and events have raced along since then. So why not let Fluke speak?