That isn’t what happened.
It was a one two punch. Issa had already said that he thought Lerner waiver her rights and he was taking it as a refusal to testify.
One of the reasons that Gowdy got involved is because he wanted to shove it in Cummings face.
And of course, Cummings had to backtrack.
It is what happened. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and there really is no double super secret strategery going on.
Occam’s razor is most often correct. Sorry. I want to believe in something too. But I am not going to ignore my lyin eyes and common sense to feel good about it.
Hopefully Issa now takes advantage of Gowdy saving him.