Nothing is more aggravating in policy circles than when someone takes a hard line on an issue and then refuses to defend it when challenged.

The AARP has taken a pro-government position on healthcare policy that is arguably a detriment to its members. Some members of AARP want answers; AARP doesn’t want to give them. The group says it is ready to “listen” to what other people have to say, but it’s only interested in the kind of one-way “conversation” Hillary Clinton conducted as a presidential candidate.

That’s obvious from video of an AARP town-hall meeting in Dallas this week. The AARP woman running the show clearly wasn’t interested in hearing what anyone had to say from the get-go, and when pressed, she childishly took her microphone and went home.

When it comes to health-care policy, I don’t think AARP’s current stance represents the long-term interests of seniors, retirees and the increasingly younger market it is targeting, and its hostility toward paying members who disagree with that stance is offensive. Were I old enough to join AARP, the video would make me think twice before doing so.