This week, Republicans and Democrats will meet to elect their caucus leadership and pass caucus rules. Much like a vote on the high school homecoming court, it is a process that matters very little to most of us and everything to the few who will be bestowed vaunted titles and crowns of one form or another.

Some Democrats will endorse “remote voting,” allowing members of Congress to cast their support or opposition to legislative initiatives via verified identity through the phone. Republicans will castigate this as “phoning-in” of Congress’s job. To date, I’ve toed the party line, but no more: the Republicans are wrong. I am now convinced that remote voting would be a devastating blow to the lobbyists and special interests who corrupt our politics and harm our nation.