This apparently is now a whitewash. The president has to come clean on this issue.

[The senior senator from Massachusetts was equally gracious.] I've enjoyed working with the president, ... I might say I might use those same words with regard to him, respectfully.

I applaud the fact that the president has reached out to the members of Judiciary Committee. And I applaud ... the fact that he has been meeting with members of the Judiciary Committee. He's been seeking out Republicans as well as Democrats.

As Craig Littlepage apparently pointed out, that slate is wiped clean.

It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.

This is a complete whitewash.