The Democratic majority in the House wants to demonstrate that there is a Democratic majority in the House.

So the Democrats will use that majority to pass a meaningless resolution reprimanding Wilson. And they will feel darn good about it. They will have accomplished something!

They will have agreed on exactly what our new health care system will look like — public option, triggered public option or co-ops, for instance — and exactly how to pay for it: tax the insurance companies, tax the rich or tax the middle class, for instance.

No, wait. That is what they will not accomplish by reprimanding Joe Wilson. That is what they will avoid accomplishing by reprimanding Joe Wilson.