In a story about Barack Obama’s relapse into smoking there is this zinger:

His own history included intermittent cigarette smoking,” David L. Scheiner, M.D. wrote in a letter released to reporters. “He has quit this practice on several occasions and is currently using Nicorette gum with success.”

The release of a scant one-page summary for 21 years of care brought some criticism to the Obama campaign – especially when compared to the thousands of pages of medical records released by McCain. Obama promised reporters that if there are additional health-related questions, his campaign would make that information available. “In terms of additional records, if there are particular things that people have questions about, then we’d be happy to give that information,” he said.

Frankly I don’t give a darn whether he is smoking or not (presumably whatever risk of lung cancer he is incurring won’t be a problem in the next eight years) but isn’t that a rather strange standard for disclosure? You have to guess what might be there and ask about it? Whatever happened to the promise of the most transparent administration ever and the guy who jabbed the Clintons for hiding the ball on their tax and White House records?