Sen. Orrin Hatch should know better: He supports giving the District of Columbia a special seat in the House of Representatives. So does Utah’s other senator, Robert Bennett. Their backing has everything to do with the fact that under a deal brokered in the House, Utah would get an additional seat as well. It certainly has nothing to do with the Constitution, which says only states may be represented in the House. And DC isn’t a state. Read the NRO editorial, here.

I’m reminded of a quip I once heard from a conservative on the Hill: Don’t count your Hatch before he’s chickened.