Quite a test

ALBANY - It was supposed to be a joke, but there was truth lurking beneath the schtick.

Gov. David Paterson was laying out his agenda with legislative leaders at a news conference this month when he was asked if there was any progress on a bill requiring insurance coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Paterson, subtle as a Warner Brothers cartoon, covered his face with his hands and flopped his head onto the podium in surrender: “Yes. I have it.”