Attorney General Mike DeWine is talking tough and playing an active role in prosecuting those who have broken the law in Steubenville.  That is, of course, his job.

We should expect nothing less from our AG than to prosecute those who intimidate victims and witnesses just like we should expect him to prosecute anyone whose abuses of authority helped contribute to Steubenville’s “rape culture”.

But there’s a cognitive dissonance between DeWine’s media appearances and his legislative history.  Compared to Rob Portman–for whom new evidence led to a reevaluation of his policy preferences–Mike DeWine is being suspiciously narrow in his revolt […]