So much, then, for yet another campaign promise. It’s not as if the 110th Congress has covered itself in glory ever since it convened in January; I can’t possibly understand why Congressional leaders might think that they would somehow win public plaudits for going to the taxpayers and essentially saying that they are not going to get their money’s worth for what they pay their Representatives and Senators.

Not that I should really mind. The less Congress is in session, the fewer intrusive and meddlesome laws it can pass. Perhaps there is some virtue in sloth after all.