Pass the bill to find out what's in it?

When I saw the headline on the Drudge Report, I thought he must be misquoting her. Or taking her remarks out of context. "PELOSI HEALTHCARE: 'We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it'..."

Excuse me? The only way to find out what's in the bill is to pass it? Surely Nanci Pelosi is too smart to make such an asinine comment.

But no, there it is, right on her own website. As part of her remarks to the 2010 Legislative Conference of the National Association of Counties, Pelosi actually said "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. . ."

Or maybe we could just read the bill and decide if we want it passed or not? Hey, it's just an idea.