When Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced her resignation last week, my Washington Examiner colleague Philip Klein quipped on Twitter: “Obama may as well cut to the chase and nominate [AFL-CIO President] Richard Trumka as labor secretary this time.”

It’s funny because it’s true. A Trumka nomination would be about the only way to put somebody more pro-labor than Solis in the position. As far as she was concerned, it was her job to use the federal government to advance Big Labor’s interests.