[ArneFufkin]

It's not a significant gaffe. Agency studies are commissioned, studies are completed, and studies are released to the press. They have to be.

The results of a study commissioned by any Agency has no bearing whatsoever on the policy or legislative agenda of the Administration. Whitman couldn't kill that thing, it was leaked to the NYT before she probably knew that it existed. Big deal.

[Rudder]

I agree with the Wall Street Journal's take on this:

"White House now says it hasn't changed its position. EPA boss Christie Whitman sure has a knack for blind-siding her boss; someone should inform her that Al Gore lost the election."