Good news indeed. It’s still tragic that this is only the first one we were able to derail.
But, if the bag limit was only one, this was the one to bag.
Word is that Liu was in line to be Obama's next Supreme Court nominee. In which case, he could've single-handedly destroyed the republic. With malice intent...
There have been a few other successes. They prevented James Cole from being Deputy Attorney General, though his involvement with AIG was also a role in his rejection. Also, they forced the withdraw of Robert Chatigny, a radical who was nominated for the Appeals Court in New England even though he tried to delay the execution of a particularly violent serial killer/sex predator.