Democrats want voters to believe that the Detroit auto bailout was a cost-free gift to Midwest jobs. Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock knows better, which is why he deserves a defense in his race for the U.S. Senate.

Democratic Congressman Joe Donnelly is pounding Mr. Mourdock for opposing the 2009 government-assisted Chrysler bankruptcy. The Democrat and liberal SuperPACs like American Bridge are claiming that Mr. Mourdock wanted to "kill" the Chrysler reorganization, and had he succeeded he would have "put 100,000 Indiana...