The Hill reports that Catholic House Democrats are compiling a “Catholic Voter Scorecard” that “shows” that “Democratic House members vote with the Catholic interest much more often than their Republican counterparts.” (So apparently this project, spearheaded by self-identified Catholics, regards Catholicism as an interest group.) The scorecard includes votes on issues such as partial-birth abortion and cloning–but also the minimum wage and “assistance to needy families.” No word from the article on whether all these issues are weighted the same. The bishops’ spokesman of course says nothing intelligent. He says nothing to suggest that the bishops’ positions on legislative issues carry differing degrees of authority. You would think that a Catholic is obligated to think that the minimum wage never throws anyone out of a job. If ever there were a case that the bishops should get out of the business of making prudential judgments that they have no particular qualification to make, and sticking to a public witness that emphasizes their church’s moral principles, this scorecard is it.