QUOTE OF THE DAY - AT 2:55 P.M. ET:  From Michael Gerson, in the Washington Post:

To stanch the CIA's bleeding morale, Democrats have tried reassurance. President Obama, speaking at CIA headquarters, took the Fred Rogers approach: "Don't be discouraged that we have to acknowledge potentially we've made some mistakes. That's how we learn." Yes, children, hypocritical congressional investigations and foreign kangaroo courts are really our friends. House intelligence committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes sent a sympathy note to Langley: "In recent days, as the public debate regarding CIA's interrogation practices has raged, you have been very much in my thoughts." There should be a section at Hallmark for intelligence operatives unfairly accused of war crimes.

COMMENT:  That says it.  So far, the president has done a poor job of controlling the hard leftists in his party, but I suspect he knows the damage they can do him.  We await the next chapter.

May 20, 2009