Harry Reid Has a Glass-House Quandary on Taxes

Would you want your tax returns made public? The good news is that federal law prohibits the U.S. Internal Revenue Service from releasing them. The bad news is that it is also generally illegal to make anyone else’s returns public, too.

Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, continue to make much of the refusal of Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, to release more than two years’ worth of tax returns. It is all a red herring. The key to bringing fairness to our tax laws would be for all 535 members of Congress -- including Reid -- to release their returns.