"It seems silly to prohibit lobbyists from giving advice in the very fields of their expertise," the Nov. 23 editorial said. "Well-qualified advisers will no doubt be excluded as a result. And it seems similarly odd to single out lobbyists for special prohibitions, when say, union leaders are free under the rules to give advice on the Labor Department transition or pharmaceutical company executives are permitted to participate in the health-care review."

So hey, K Street, The Washington Post is on your side.

                                                                                              -- Bara Vaida