EDITORIALS

This week, the AP did a "fact check" story on Obama's claim that health-insurance premiums will drop if his reform becomes law.

Earlier this week, Rep. Paul Hodes refused to condemn his own party's use of the sort of legislative shenanigans he used to rail against when Republicans had power in Congress. But process is substance. Case in point: New Hampshire's new LLC tax.

For Hodes and Shea-Porter, a vote to pass the health-care reform bill is a vote to accept the special deals and the strong-arm tactics that got it this far.

State Environmental Services Commissioner Thomas Burack is peddling the idea that state action to reduce carbon emissions is justifiable without ever considering the question of global warming.

Nancy Pelosi, who promised the "most ethical Congress in history," wants to pass the unpopular Senate version of the Democrats' health-care reform bill "without having members vote on it," as The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.