perfidy

From The Times:

"I believe these actions by Bush administration officials to block Mr. Foster from providing Congress the true costs of the prescription drug bill clearly break federal law," said Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey and the lead author of the letter. Mr. Lautenberg added, "The questions that need to be answered are: how many administration officials knew about it, and who in the administration gave the order to conceal the information?" Mr. Scully has denied threatening to fire Mr. Foster, but has confirmed telling him to withhold some information from Congress. Republicans accuse Democrats of exploiting the controversy for political gain. "My view is, it's much ado about nothing," said Representative Jim McCrery, Republican of Louisiana.

How much more friggin' plain does it have to be, McCrery? Scully has confirmed that he told the actuary to withhold from Congress critical information about the costs of a program. Let it be said, here and now, that McCrery is a dishonest, partisan asshole. I feel so much better knowing guys like him are in the GOP.