In fact, Senator Reid's leadership and confidence that the filibuster was the right thing to do was critical to the defeat of the drilling provision last year.
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Reid's aides said yesterday that their boss decided on the dramatic, attention-grabbing ploy because he was weary of GOP foot-dragging on a promised inquiry by the Senate intelligence committee into the Bush administration's handling of prewar intelligence on Iraq. We'd had enough press conferences and requests, public and private, ... Now it was time to act.
We hope that Senator Reid's colleagues will reach the same conclusion and take the same strong stand.
Democrats had a secret meeting in Reid's office on Halloween night at 615 and they hatched this plot, ... They said the only way they could get this investigation going was to do it in secret. They say they've been frustrated for a year and a half in getting this investigation into whether the administration twisted the intelligence and they're making no apologies whatsoever for it.
Obviously, Sen. Reid would like to see a Democrat get in the race, ... He thinks Jack would make a good candidate. If he decides to run, he'll have (Reid's) support.
Senator Reid's office has not been contacted by the Justice Department at all.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) dismissed Reid's idea. You bet those hearings ought to go forward, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.
Harry Reid's accusation that President Bush is playing politics with national security may earn him the title of hypocrite in chief.