Thomas Frank is in mourning. Card Check is dead. He blames double-dealing Democrats. But when even guys like George McGovern see the anti-democratic nature of a bill, it's in trouble.

Card Check ended the secret ballot process in the voting to form a union.

Members of private sector unions have shrunk down to 7 percent of union membership. Public employee unions have the great advantage of negotiating with middle men. Men and women whose own money is never on the line. Governments and school districts never go out of business. They just raise taxes.

Those of us in unions in the private sector have to consider the effect of our "demands" on the overall health of our employers for there is always the chance of them going out of business. Public employee union members don't have such worries. Lucky them.

Card Check was good for union leaders and organizers. Not so much for workers and the private economy.