You are right on the money. The senators were putting on a tough show for their voters who hate BP. But enough is enough. Kicking someone over and over like a bully does not show grace in trouble and also must truly be viewed as overkill in the UK. I was ashamed to see it yesterday.
Grace is an excellent choice of words to describe what was missing in yesterday’s affair. It did resemble kicking a man when he was down. It didn’t make me feel vindicated or justified, it just made me kind of sad.
What an awful mess this is.