Sin of commission: What the state’s new campaign finance panel has gotten wrong already

Typically for Albany, legislators who lack the courage to make reforms themselves jammed into the state budget the creation of an unelected panel to recommend whether to set up a statewide public financing system. And typically for Albany, that panel has now gummed up decisions that should be made on the merits.

The nine-member commission staffed by appointees of Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders is up and running. High on its likely list of proposals is eliminating fusion voting.