Coakley was the one who prosecuted the infamous “Amirault” child abuse case. That’s the one where the day care providers were tried and convicted on charges of raping little children in a magic secret room. A room which for a fact did not exist.

The conviction was overturned on appeal, inevitably, and they were set free, but only after a long struggle through the appellate process. Coakley had won the case and by gum she wanted it to stay won, justice be damned.

She still insists they were guilty. Of magic. Phaugh. She is quite unfit for any office, because she doesn’t give a fig for justice. A prosecutor has a duty to not try to win cases that she knows are busted flushes, and a duty to accept that she’s lost when the cards are on the table and it’s apparent she hasn’t got any.

As to the health care bill now before Congress, it’s a change of course from existing law, but to call it reform is a stretch. Most likely it will make matters slowly and inexorably worse. It’s not been thought out. It has noxious provisions in it, such as taxing upper-tier health insurance policies provided by employers, but only if the employee is not a member of a union.

How can you justify punishing someone for not being in a union?

The Democrats are now saying that they’ll do what it takes to nullify Brown’s election if he does win. Count slowly. Count wrong. Refuse to seat him promptly, if ever. Change the rules of procedure so that his election, if it should become official, doesn’t affect the passage of that health bill after all.