The WSJ's John Fund reports an intriguing irony from the Dem Convention:

Democrats narrowly avoided a major embarrassment before holding their
abbreviated roll call of the states here on Wednesday night.

Politico.com reported that the Obama campaign was seriously
considering letting delegates vote by secret ballot, the better to avoid
intimidation and fear of reprisal from local party bosses. But the plan -- which
was pushed on the Obama camp by supporters of Hillary Clinton -- was suddenly
dropped when it was realized that a key plank of the Democratic Party platform
backs a so-called "card check" provision being added to the nation's labor laws.
Card check would effectively strip workers of the protection of secret ballots
in union elections. Business groups and former Democratic presidential nominee
George McGovern oppose the measure on the grounds that it exposes workers to
harassment and intimidation.