Senator John McCain wants Bush to grant subpoena powers the commission investigating September 11th intelligence failures and he wants to investigate how the intelligence was misused by those rushing to war. That’s two things Bush doesn’t want- and doing things that Bush doesn’t want gets you shit-canned. (See Howard Stern.)

Now the Republican smear machine is after him, calling his quest for a thorough investigation, “sour grapes” from the 2000 primaries where Bush’s campaign against McCain turned negative. Damn these people are evil.

Meanwhile Chuck Robb (Democrat) apparently promised Bush before he was appointed that he wouldn’t allow the commission to look at how the administration misused the intelligence to justify invasion. Maybe it was a compromise to get on the commission, maybe not- what the article makes clear is that Chuck’s position on the commission is tenuous- he is in an incredibly weak position. If he were bringing up any of these issues himself he’d be stripped of his appointment immediately.

I disagree with McCain’s politics. It’s been sickening these last few years watching him be a toady for Bush, but in the end I know he’s an honorable man who knows what’s right and what’s wrong. I just hope he’s got enough steam to see this through.