Just. Great.

As if these guys weren't enough trouble already...

On Sept. 11, 2001, more than 3,000 Americans died after terrorists turned airplanes into missiles. It was a colossal security failure. Congress responded by creating the TSA. The merits of federalizing airport screening were always questionable, though at least the public priority was clear.

Back then, a bipartisan majority of Congress agreed that a crack airport security service was incompatible with rigid unionization rules. Yet by 2008, Democratic presidential candidates were betting that security worries had receded enough that they could again pander for union votes.

Even as state battles rage, the Obama administration has been facilitating the largest federal union organizing effort in history. Tens of thousands of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners are now casting votes to choose a union to collectively bargain for cushier personnel practices on their behalf.

Liberals are calling it a "historic" vote. It is. Henceforth, airport security will play second fiddle to screener "rights."

Translation: having successfully federalized yet another function and gotten Americans used to its many indignities, it's time to allow this group of Workers to form their Soviet. Frankly, security already plays second fiddle to presenting an illusion of benevolent agents protecting the citizenry... this just means actual security goes even farther down the priority list. Wonder what'll happen with the TSA starts massive "sick-outs" to protest attempts to reign in their benefits?