Marijuana advocate State Rep. Roger Goodman (D-45, Kirkland), who had requested Attorney General Rob McKenna's opinion of Washington State's medical marijuana law, tells the PI.com that he's disappointed in McKenna's non-response.

Goodman cleverly skewers McKenna by pointing out that McKenna is all about states' rights when it comes to challenging President Obama's health care law, but remains silent on the issue when it comes to Washington State's medical marijuana laws.

The PI reports:

“I can understand how the attorney general might sidestep our second question, about the likelihood of federal intervention,”  Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, told seattlepi.com. “But our third question was about the validity of the medical cannabis program in the state…I’m really surprised that he didn’t reassert states’ rights in this area of the law. He’s very strongly asserting states’ rights when he challenges the Obama health care plan. This is another health care matter, frankly. I’m just mystified why he’s been so quiet on the issue in general.”

McKenna is one of about two dozen Republican attorneys general who have sued to block implementation health care changes signed into law by President Barack Obama. McKenna has said he doesn’t object to the entire health care bill, just the part that mandates that people buy private insurance. McKenna says that clause exceeds the federal government’s authority; such a provision could be imposed by the states, McKenna has said.

PubliCola has a message in to McKenna to get his response to Goodman.

Goodman has been pushing the states' rights issue on pot for a long time, dating back to when he helped author the King Count Bar Association's report in 2005 which called for the legalization of marijuana.