So, remind me again: What exactly is Randy Brock getting for his big investment in campaign consultants?

It’s certainly not a well-run, credible campaign.

Last Thursday, Brock quietly unveiled his health care reform plan in a late-afternoon e-mail to journalists and supporters. Since then, he’s been continually on the defensive over the plan’s reliance on extreme free-market models (like Maine Governor Paul LePage’s), its lack of specifics, and its oddly low-key rollout. And now he’s promising more details “in a week to ten days.” (Back in May, he promised a full plan in early June. If he keeps to the same schedule, the additional details should arrive just in time for Christmas.)

His latest misadventure: he’s begging everyone to stop looking at his plan because the focus ought to be on Governor Shumlin’s. This, he says, is why he soft-pedaled his plan’s release:

In thinking about whether or not to do a formal dog and pony show, we decided that in a way takes the emphasis off what we should be talking about, which is problems with the Shumlin health care plan.

When Randy says “dog and pony show,” apparently he means “full discussion and examination of my plan.” (And I can’t resist observing that he may not like “dog and pony shows,” but he has no problem appearing at public events with a teddy-bear mascot. Bears yes, dogs and ponies no.)

Health care reform is supposed to be the single biggest issue in Brock’s campaign, and he’s asking us not to look at his own views on the subject. That’s leadership, folks.