So let me get this straight...

The federal Department of Health and Human Services placed a gag order on private health insurance companies communicating to their Medicare Advantage customers their concerns about Democratic health care reform proposals. The gag order is backed by a threat of federal prosecution.

Read that again

The federal government is keeping privately held companies from communicating with their customers under threat of prosecution. It is a blatant abuse of power. Unbelievable.

Or is it?

Does this surprise anyone? Does it surprise anyone that most major news outlets, sans FOX of course, have yet to cover this bombshell?

What if the situation is reversed? (Heretofore known as WITSIR)

What if the Bush white house had threaned the unions with prosecution if they spoke out against one of his initiatives?

You think we might have heard about it?