Quote for the Day

"There is a cloud over what the vice president did. That’s not something we put there. That cloud is not something you can pretend is not there," – Patrick Fitzgerald, speaking to the jury in the Libby case.

For once, denial broke. We’re beginning to find out what Cheney knew about WMD intelligence and what he did about it. There is no graver issue than sending a country to war. If it emerges that he knew there were strong doubts about WMD intelligence and over-ruled them, he must be held accountable. Certainly his actions in the Libby case look the actions of a man with a great deal to hide. Why else risk so much?