There are a lot of unlikely names among the Ethics Heroes, and Emmanuel, the Clinton enforcer and Chicago machine pol is a surprising as any of them. But he alone among current Democratic 2028 Presidential aspirants had the guts and integrity to answer directly an Axios survey on controversial trans issues sent to these hacks, liars, rogues, and phonies. It asked,

“Should transgender girls be able to participate in girls’ sports? Do you believe transgender youths under age 18 should be able to be placed on puberty blockers and hormones? Can a man become a woman?”

Emmanuel answered no to the first and last questions, and defaulted to “parents, not legislatures, should decide” regarding the middle one. True, Rahm has about as much chance of winning the White House as a Democrat in 2028 as I do, but still: he not only gave an answer, he gave one that his party’s wacko base will hate. I’m not concerned about whether I personally agree with Emmanuel. He is ethical because he was willing to answer the questions.

Of the rest, the only two that even made a pass at genuine, candid answers (and failed) were Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and incompetent—but historic!—Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg directed a spokesperson to respond that decisions about trans athletes should be made by sports leagues, which does not address whether allowing biological males to compete with women is fair or responsible, That’s called “passing the buck.” The Governor said that trans youths don’t “deserve an unfair advantage on the playing field,” which leaves open the weasel option of claiming that they don’t have such an advantage, and he ducked the last two questions entirely.

As for the rest…Former Vice President Harris, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, California Rep. Ro Khanna and Gavin Newsom, among others, declined to respond at all.

This is almost certainly because they don’t think that men can become women, but don’t have the guts to say so.