Paul Johnson, a state senator, announced suddenly that he wouldn’t run for another term. Why? He had promised himself the first time he found himself answering a question he didn’t really know the answer to, he’d quit. And he did.
That’s integrity. But, Iowa Rep. Bobby Kaufmann often answers questions with smoke and qualifiers. What happened to 3 to 4 percent for K-12? Why did you eliminate child abuse investigator job protections? Why are you starving our state universities? Why did the wealthiest of your constituents need more tax cuts?
When pressed, Kaufmann blames his own party, the governor or…
