She thought she could have it both ways - spin for the media AND take the fifth to protect herself and 0.
And she had it her way and rolled Issa. You can already see the effect here
on this site. The debate is now about if she waived her rights or not. Not that
she pleaded the fifth. Plus the video of her proclaiming her innocence
is getting a lot of heavy rotation. Lerner and her attorney rolled Issa and
every member of that committee except Gowdy. They could have at least
asked her a couple of hard questions and let her claim the fifth for campaign material. Issa did not even get that.