Sorry, New Moms and Dads: Rubio's Paid Leave Plan Wouldn't Do Much

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Friday hailed the importance of paid family and medical leave. Then he offered a proposal that would do very little to make it more available.

It’s a sign of how far the cause of expanding paid leave has come politically, but also how far it still has to go.

In every other developed country, workers can leave their jobs temporarily -- while receiving pay -- in order to recover from birth or to deal with a medical problem, or to take care of a...