Andrew Ferguson thanks C-SPAN's Brian Lamb for exposing the hypocrisy of Democrats and their cheerleaders when it comes to their promise of open debate and a transparent process on health reform.

Best of all among the many reactions to Lamb’s simple request was the scrambling of Obama lickspittles in the hackocracy. Some of these independent-minded champions of transparency and open government—E.J. Dionne, Joe Klein, Jonathan Alter—fell gracefully silent. Others justified the closed reconciliation proceedings of their Democratic masters with a disingenuousness that can only be called transparent.