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Richard Blumenthal
How Democrats plan to lure women voters
How Democrats plan to lure women voters

Remember the Democratic reaction to the GOP's repeated attempts to repeal, run over or hollow out Obamacare in ways that were never going to succeed? “Maybe when you hit your 50th repeal vote you will win a prize,” President Barack Obama said mockingly. “We get it.” Well, get this: One man's quixotica is another's turn-out-the-vote strategy. Democrats, too, enjoy exercising their right to propose straight-to-campaign ad legislation that is in no imminent danger of becoming the law. On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee debated just such a piece of campaign literature, known as the Women's Health Protection Act, which would invalidate state...