WHAT IF THERE WERE GOP-APPOINTED MEMBERS OF JAN. 6 COMMITTEE? The premiere of the House Democrat’s big Jan. 6 show is just days away. But now some Democrats appear to be concerned about publicly discussing the show’s frankly political nature.

You’ve been reading here for months, and as recently as yesterday, that many Democrats see the Jan. 6 committee hearings, starting with a prime-time session on Thursday, as a way to revive their party’s dying hopes of keeping control of the House in this November’s midterm elections. That is not exactly a secret. But on Tuesday morning, the New York Times said the quiet part out loud in a story headlined, “Jan. 6 Hearings Give Democrats a Chance to Recast Midterm Message.” (That was on the web. The print version of the headline was “Embattled Democrats Hope Jan. 6 Hearings Will Motivate Voters.”)