Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:57:13 +0000 – The withdrawal of Thomas Daschle as nominee for Secretary of HHS reminds me of the song from the musical "Chicago" -- "He Had It Coming."
[caption id="attachment_6721" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (AP file photo)"][/caption]
Even people with short memories will recall how Daschle, as Senate Majority Leader, frequently blocked the nominations of Republican presidents -- often for the most trivial of reasons -- such as a president's refusal to turn over internal and private memoranda that would have allowed Democrats to go on a fishing expedition to achieve their political ends.
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