No one expects Democratic lawmakers to like or agree with Thursday’s vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. But is it too much to ask them to show some dignity while the Congress upholds its status as a branch of government coequal with the president?

In the run-up to the vote, many House Democrats greeted the effort to hold Holder accountable with withering scorn and mendacious spin.

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