FLASHPOINT for Apr 21, 2007

Saturday, April 21, 2007 | 7:10 a.m.

When I first got the call from Carson City, I thought the person must be exaggerating. The tipster informed me that the Assembly Republicans had misread something akin to cheat sheets and had accidentally voted "no" en masse on an innocuous conservation bill. When I saw the Republicans cop to this in the media, I laughed out loud. It's not that it was funny that the members had been exposed for acting like sheep. It is an open secret in any legislative body that most lawmakers do not read every bill. But you never let the public know that you don't know what you are voting on. This is not just embarrassing for the Meaningless 15. It's guaranteed to be used again and again - and into Campaign '08.

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