The Politico website broke the story Thursday morning that Congressional leaders were in hush-hush talks to exempt themselves and their staff from the wonders of ObamaCare. The story succeeded in blowing up the talks, but there's a bigger story here about Congressional intentions that is worth telling.

House Speaker John Boehner quickly took to Twitter after the Politico story appeared, saying that he's not "sneaking any language into bills to solve" a problem for Democrats. He added that full repeal of the law is...