If paying taxes is patriotic ...

Politico.com is reporting yet another nominee for President Barack Obama's cabinet is paying back taxes (story here).

Politico writes:

Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has paid back taxes of more than $7,000 stemming from "unintentional errors" revealed during her accountant's review of recent tax returns.

The White House on Tuesday released a letter Sebelius sent to the Senate Finance Committee, detailing how she lacked some proper paperwork in accounting for charitable donations and business expenses. The Kansas governor also mistakenly claimed a deduction on her mortgage interest.

While it would be easy to criticize Sebelius, let's look at the broader issue. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner had his tax troubles, as did Tom Daschle and others.

Instead of using this as an opportunity to blast them for not living up to their patriotic obligations, this should send the message to Washington we need a simple and fair tax code everyone can understand ... even the intellectual types.