Really? I missed that somehow. So her lawyer told Issa she would make no statement and then she pops out with one? WTH?
That's the definition of getting rolled. Nothing that the lawyer said in private is actionable, but it set in motion a thought process in Issa that caused him to be caught off guard during the hearing. He fell for the misdirection. He was distracted by the left hand and didn't see what the right hand was doing.
Remember how Pelosi bragged about rolling Boehner over tax increases? Those optics are what the Democrats live for, and Issa gave them another theater today.
Republicans will always give the extra benefit of doubt, and Democrats will always know it and count on it, and then play it to their advantage.
-PJ