[LS]

You're kind of making my point. THIS was the heart of the case all along, so it was incumbent on Libby's lawyers to GET THIS BEFORE THE JURY somehow, and there are many ways to do so. Instead, Wells painted Cheney and Rove as the bad guys. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. He played right into the hands of the libs.

[Steve_Seattle]

"THIS was the heart of the case all along, so it was incumbent on Libby's lawyers to GET THIS BEFORE THE JURY somehow, and there are many ways to do so. Instead, Wells painted Cheney and Rove as the bad guys. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID."

I think Wells figured he had a prejudiced jury and wanted to drive a wedge between Libby and the administration. It didn't work. I agree if I had been Libby's lawyer, I would have insisted on bringing Wilson to the stand. It related directly to motive - countering Wilson's lies, not Wilson's truth - and Fitz was spinning motive negatively. Wells never countered that.