[lodwick]

Agreed: people refusing to testify, limiting testimony, or otherwise appearing to not be forthcoming and honest, on any issue, do not engender confidence or trust here.

Hoping that your afternoon is as brilliantly gorgeous as is ours.

[Endeavor]

You know, that's precisely the point, isn't it? There is some wisdom in picking your battles. I mean, it's one thing to find yourself at The Alamo, expecting Houston to get off his butt and send you troops and then to realize, "Hey, no troops are coming and we've got two choices - surrender or fight to the death." I mean - those guys were extremely courageous to go down fighting and because they did, Houston finally got his act together, the troops were inspired and Santa Ana was quickly disposed of shortly thereafter at San Jacinto.

Where is the inspiration in the WH refusing to let Rice testify? Technically, a case could be made that this commission is not an extension of Congress and Rice could testify w/o jeopardizing executive privilege. Politically, this just seems like a no brainer. Yet here we are. And what do we gain from it? Some questionable ruling on executive privilege. Whatever.