Frist’s worst hour: Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid just invoked a “closed session” of the Senate to demand to know why Republicans have refused to complete the investigation into the faulty intelligence in the run-up to the war.
Sen. Majority Bill Frist is losing it, calls the whole thing a stunt and accuses Reid of stabbing him in the back.
Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, questioning intelligence that led to the Iraq war and deriding a lack of congressional inquiry.
“I demand on behalf of the America people that we understand why these investigations aren’t being conducted,” Democratic leader Harry Reid said.
Taken by surprise, Republicans derided the move as a political stunt.
“The United States Senate has been hijacked by the Democratic leadership,” said Majority Leader Bill Frist. “They have no convictions, they have no principles, they have no ideas,” the Republican leader said.
Reid demanded the Senate go into closed session. The public was ordered out of the chamber, the lights were dimmed, and the doors were closed. No vote is required in such circumstances.
Reid’s move shone a spotlight on the continuing controversy over intelligence that President Bush cited in the run-up to the war in Iraq. Despite prewar claims, no weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq, and some Democrats have accused the administration of manipulating the information that was in their possession.
THANK GOD that we have at least one man in washington that is standing up for what is RIGHT KEEP IT GOING MR REID get to the bottom of this Cheny said bush had an honest adminstration! WELL MAKE HIM PROVE IT!