Senator Chuck Grassley had some tough words for the Washington Post and other critics of crop insurance this week - as Majority Leader Harry Reid re-introduced last year’s Senate-passed farm bill.

Reid committed to completing the farm bill this year as one of several privileged top priority bills - though the real decision may again not be up to him - but House GOP leaders who blocked a House-version last year. Whatever happens - crop insurance is again a target of critics like the Washington Post, New York Times and others who think its price tag’s too big - though a Kansas State University expert says program losses to drought last year will be much lower than estimates. Grassley says…