Walter Pincus:

The panel's vice chairman, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), took a sharply different view of yesterday's outcome. "The committee is, to put it bluntly, basically under the control of the White House through its chairman," he told reporters.

How did the Wichita Eagle put it last month? Roberts' credibility is on the line. Snowe's and Hagel's as well. This quote from White House spokeswoman Dana Perino really says it all, "We're eager to work with Congress on legislation that would further codify the president's authority."

Posted by Laura at March 7, 2006 10:30 PM