[Brandon]

You know, I can barely accept Lee Hamilton's excuse, since he was introducing the Canadian PM.

I can't. Meeting with the president and vice president of the U.S. on such a profoundly important subject is far more important introducing a foreign government official to a group of people who already knows who he is.

The excuses given that Kerrey and Hamilton didn't know the meeting would run so long are idiotic on the face of it. They should have anticipated the possibility that it would run long, and not scheduled other meetings for the same day. Their Commission duties are paramount, or the Commission is a joke. Guess we've just found out which of those statements are true for Commissioners Kerrey and Hamilton.

[Quilla]

Considering the fact that every politician in Washington and all the politically astute knew the 9-11 Commission members were interviewing the President and Vice President yesterday. Anyone who had an appointment with Hamilton or Kerrey would know exactly where they were and the reason for any delay. These two have shown their true colors by "dissing" the President and shirking their responsibilities to the commission.