Who will be the next chairman of the Metro board of directors? Probably not The Washington Post’s pick, if he has any say in the matter.

The Washington Post editorial board suggested on Tuesday that federal appointee Mortimer Downey would be a good pick to cut through the parochialism blamed on the tri-jurisdictional board. The Maryland and Virginia governors and D.C.’s mayor have asked for a multi-year regional chairmanship, after all. As an appointee of the U.S. General Services Administration, he has no dog in the fight over suburbs versus city, Maryland versus Virginia tax dollars.