Exhibit A · Pass it to find out
Verdict · Quote-mining · quote-mining
National Association of Counties, 9 March 2010
We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.
Rhetoric · The line is a dare. Procedure is offered as the path to knowledge. The audience is told that reading is what happens after the vote.
Logic · “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it” does not say the text was secret. It does say knowledge follows passage. A legislature that must enact a text in order to learn the text has inverted the order of the verbs. The fog clause is real. The order she gave is also real.
Source · National Association of Counties, 9 March 2010. Full sentence confirmed by Snopes.