[grumpygresh]

But, it’s not much of a defense that Gruber’s lied to a member(s) of congress to get such an important bill into law.
Haul his a** in front of congress.

[TigersEye]

It's not a defense of him at all. The point is that it was members of Congress who submitted false information to the the CBO which should be (and probably is) an actionable criminal offense.

Why haul him in front of Congress when we have a full confession of the facts from him on video tape?