So Liz, what do you think? What do lawmakers of both sides owe to the public?

Well, you know, when you become a lawmaker in a representative democracy, it's like your body houses two spirits, right? There's your own and then there's the spirit of the people who you represent.

And you therefore owe your constituents some, not all, but some information about serious health issues.

So You know, I don't think we deserve updates from everybody about their head colds or one or two days off work.

You know, that's something that your average American also experiences a couple of days off work here and there.

But it seems like a major double standard of transparency that, you know, for instance, if I at my job in the Atlantic simply disappeared for two weeks, I would be expected to explain to my boss and my colleagues what was going on.

But that's not the case for lawmakers, apparently.

Liz, what do you think? Where are you at on this?