The grownups are out this morning, trying to calm the uproar over the news that Jared Kushner tried to establish his own back channel with Russia.

"Hey, what's the big deal?" was the attitude of Homeland Security Sec. John Kelly when he appeared on This Week, and he really should (and probably does) know better. After all, back channels aren't typically set up to evade the U.S. government.

As explained by numerous others: