More from the devil, who apparently thinks a "get out of jail free card" for all presidential appointees is to be expected.
Washington: What can possibly be gained by congressional hearings into the Libby commutation? Clearly Bush had the authority to do this, and he did it. Q.E.D. I'm old enough to remember when President Ford appeared before a congressional committee to explain his pardon of Richard Nixon. But Bush is no Ford, and unlike the Ford pardon, I don't think this action is going to look better over time.
Shailagh Murray: Yaawwn. That's my view of the Libby flap. What on earth did people expect Bush to do?
