A Washington Post editorial calls attention to the fact that some members of Congress are using campaign funds pay for child care.

A leader in this creative billing is Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.), who has had his campaign reelection committee and his leadership PAC pay $5,881 in child-care costs since 2001 for his daughter, now 14.

Doolittle has supported legislation to require more poor parents to participate in welfare-to-work programs without providing adequate increases in child-care assistance. He also received the lowest possible score from the Children's Defense Fund for his votes on (among other things) funding for child care, Head Start and after-school programs. Parents in his district spend one-third of their income on child care.

Maybe someone should send him a copy of the Motherhood Manifesto to inform him that not all working parents have a PAC to cover this expense.