Virginia delegates seem to be working harder for their political futures than they are for the future of Virginians.

The partisan explosion in the House of Delegates yesterday was just the latest episode of the chamber’s partisan procedural partisan bickering this session. Much of the fighting has been about avoiding or forcing potentially poisonous political votes. Thus, delegates are already thinking about saving their own jobs when they face re-election in two years.

Virginia’s politicians should keep this in mind: Virginians care more issues such as education, taxes and health care than they do about their current delegates keeping their jobs.