Our own U.S. Rep. Todd Platts voted Wednesday against motherhood.

Really.

Sort of.

Here's what happened: The House of Representatives voted on a resolution honoring Mother's Day, one of those waste-of-time, nonsense things our Congress is so good at. After the resolution passed unanimously, the Washington Post reported Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., asked for a vote to reconsider the vote.

When that vote occurred, 178 Republicans, including Platts, voted against the resolution that celebrated "the role of mothers in the United States and (supported) the goals and ideals of Mother's Day."

It's part of the political game, a game that we all thought Platts abhorred. Guess not.

Anyway, I just hope Todd's mom, Babs, doesn't find out about this.

And it does make you wonder what Platts' stand is on apple pie, baseball and kittens.