Me, too -- and wasn't the blowing out of proportion done by Dems and their henchmen? The Dems he want to cozy up to? It would be rational for him to say "A pox on both their houses," but to throw the Republicans on the mercy of the Dems is incomprehensible to me.
Of course. I wonder if he truly believed that being such an easy guy for Daschle to work with was going to save him. It's a mistake Republicans have made often and I'm hoping they are catching on. Frist seems to not be falling for Dingy Harry's ploys so far.
It wasn't the Dems. The Weekly Standard and some 'Republican' radio hosts had far more to do with creating the controversy than the Dems did.