Examiner Editorial: President Obama’s (redacted) transparency

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Everything you should know about government transparency and accountability under President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress was made crystal clear by two events this week.

In a key Senate committee, the majority voted against the timely publication of their massive health care bill before it receives a final vote in the upper chamber. The actual text of the bill still has not been written, and no one knows for sure which provisions will be included when it’s finally composed. In fact, we won’t know for sure what was approved until well after the roll call. Call it the Democrats’ “verdict first, then evidence” strategy.

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