How Republican of Her

They love to bash Republicans for this behavior, but leave it to a Clinton to withhold records.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton cites her experience as a compelling reason voters should make her president, but nearly 2 million pages of documents covering her White House years are locked up in a building here, obscuring a large swath of her record as first lady.

Clinton’s calendars, appointment logs and memos are stored at her husband’s presidential library, in the custody of federal archivists who do not expect them to be released until after the 2008 presidential election.

A trove of records has been made public detailing the Clinton White House’s attempts to remake the nation’s healthcare system, following a request from Bill Clinton that those materials be released first. Hillary Clinton led the health care effort in 1993 and 1994.

This stuff should be public record. No other first lady has done this. Yes, she is like no other first lady. She’s running for president. But all the more reason for us to want to know what she did working for her husband’s administration. It could shed a lot of salient light on things.

The fact that she wants it locked up speaks volumes.

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