Senate rejects panel on prewar Iraq data
NYT: Carl Hulse, quoting Sen. Corzine: ‘Simply put, the nation’s credibility, in my view, is at stake.’ [→ READ ]
The Republican-led Senate defeated an effort [Wed night] to establish a bipartisan panel to examine the use of intelligence in the prelude to the Iraq war. The vote came as Democrats pressed the Bush administration on the rationale for the war as well as on the long-term costs of military operations. …
Lawmakers rejected on a 51-to-45 vote the proposal by Senator Jon Corzine, Democrat of New Jersey, to create an independent 12-member commission with a broad mandate to examine questions like whether Iraq possessed so-called weapons of mass destruction, had links to Al Qaeda or had tried to buy uranium in Africa. The administration had used such arguments in its case for war.
I called my two senators today anyway (both Republicans, one of whom is Bill Frist) to register my disappointment at their votes to table the Corzine proposal. By not supporting an investigation, Republicans look for all the world like they’re engaging in coverup.
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