Today, Mike Fleck, a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, became the first openly gay member of the Pennsylvania legislature. He told The Huntington Daily News his secret in a tell-all interview.

The New York Times analyzed the attendance records of our industrious Congressional representatives and learned that almost 20 members—including presidents of The Future Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann—missed 10 percent of the votes this year. But one Congressman outshone his peers in the art of absenteeism: …