Senate Dust-Up

Now with Mr. Bill safely ensconced in the emergency room of the Waaa Hospital, a division of HCA, we can calmly tell him what the closed session requested by Senator Harry "Boxer" Reid was all about (via Kevin Drum):

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Most important decision a President makes is to put American lives at risk and go to war.

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Many of us supported the decision to invade Iraq based on the national intelligence presented at the time.

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Over the past few months, and vividly last Friday, we’ve learned that we were given bad information. Americans were intentionally deceived.

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White House indictments confirm Republicans tried to silence critics and cover up the real intelligence.

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America deserves answers. National security is at stake.

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If mistakes were made, we need to know. Otherwise, we are doomed to repeat them.

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Republicans committed to investigate how national intelligence was used to set the stage for war.

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Now, they are refusing to keep that commitment. What are they afraid of America learning?

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Republicans must come clean. It is our shared responsibility to be straight with the American people.

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Stakes could not be higher. That is why we are demanding answers through an unprecedented closed Senate session.

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We will not let up until America gets answers.

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Together, America Can Do Better

This is so right on. Well done Dems.

And it appears they might be able to keep it up:

A single senator, provided that he can get a second from another senator, can move to put the Senate into closed session. A majority vote can take it back out again. With Republicans holding a 55-44 majority, the Democrats' closed session probably won't last long. But Durbin suggested that the Democrats might begin making a closed-session motion every day until the Intelligence Committee moves forward on its report.