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From: The Washington Times | December 29, 2009
AN OLD MOVIE "In a key scene in Frank Capra's 1939 film 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,' appointed senator (and unwitting pawn in a corruption scheme) Jefferson Smith, played by Jimmy Stewart, suggests to a colleague that perhaps it would be a good idea to read bills before voting on them," John Fund writes at OpinionJournal.com. " 'The bills?' responds an incredulous Sen. Paine, played by Claude Rains. 'These bills are put together by legal minds after long study. I can't understand half of them myself, and I used to be a lawyer.' "Forget it, he tells Smith. 'When the ...
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