Recent episode shows how even the catfish lobby can use money politics to bypass good sense in government

Will House leadership snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory? They have so far, by not holding a vote on legislation that would effectively eliminate the poster child for cronyism: the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s catfish inspection program. There’s not much agreement in Washington, D.C., on many issues, but there’s widespread agreement about this protectionist…