Puzzling Polemic of the Day

Saturday's Washington Post included an editorial asserting the Blagojevich scandal showed the need for further campaign finance reform. This is, to put it mildly, unpersuasive: What Blagojevich did on tape already is illegal--how does that support additional election rules?

That lack of logic is compounded by the editorial's first sentence:

As the example of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) illustrates in profane, sickening detail, you can't legislate morality.

Huh? Soliciting bribes not only is immoral, it--again--already is illegal.

We legislate morality all the time. Liberals know it. Just listen the next time they fulminate about corporate polluters or the supposed crimes of the Bush Administration Department of Justice.