Yes, Jimmy, the secret ballot is a basic tenet of democracy.

Unwittingly, Jimmy Hoffa explains why everyone should oppose "card check." Hoffa asked, “Since when is the secret ballot a basic tenet of democracy?” Only since the beginning and at every point in which people actually wanted democracy to work.

Would anyone seriously suggest that Americans surrender their right to the privacy of the secret ballot in political elections? Public voting invites intimidation, threats and violence.

Of course, unions support card check for exactly that reason. They lose elections using secret ballots. Workers who signed cards calling for an election to determine unionization then vote against the union in the final election in the privacy of the secret ballot.

The unions expect to greatly increase the number of unionized businesses through the card check process. Their organizers will be able to intimidate enough workers to sign the "card check" who would vote against unionization if they had a secret ballot.