Tribune editorial: Chaffetz has made his choice

FILE--In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz speaks during a town hall meeting at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file) The former Utah congressman has not just taken a break from a career as a media-savvy and slightly wonkish politician, someone who might reasonably have aspired to the U.S. Senate and/or the Utah governor’s office. He has left public service, burned his bridges behind him, and gone completely over to the Dark Side of American culture.

A couple of weeks ago, it was possible that Chaffetz, like others in public life (or in sports), might just be taking one of those trips through the revolving door, moving away…