WE SHOULD GIVE PALIN SOME SLACK on this one, and focus the attention where it belongs.
Palin's original response to the investigation was to say the committee didn't need a subpoena, because she would testify without one. She told them to "hold me accountable."
But that was before McCain's crew got involved.
Now there's a high-powered lawyer in Alaska, not defending Palin on the facts, but doing everything he can to keep the facts from coming out—including keeping 10 subpoenaed state employees from testifying.
The McCain campaign has said that Palin, who wasn't subpoenaed, is not likely to cooperate, and her husband, who was subpoenaed, has said he won't show up—because he's "too busy" campaigning.
It's very likely the McCain Campaign will try to make this sound as though it's about Palin, but it isn't.
It's about McCain.
She was willing to testify, before she came under the influence of McCain and his people.
This is our first solid indication of how McCain, who has been advertising himself as a man who can reach out to anyone, would deal with congress if he got a toe in the White House.
His vice presidential candidate is under suspicion of misusing her office—something voters have a right to know about. An investigation is mounted by the state government, and her reaction is to get the truth out there. But the McCain campaign has other ideas: cover it up until after the election.
And how? By simply refusing to comply. By arranging for people not to testify, by ignoring subpeonas, by playing political games and using delaying tactics.
Is this the kind of thinking we want in the White House?
Does this remind anyone, even vaguely, of the last eight years?
