Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

Jeralyn Merritt at TalkLeft received an e-mail explaining in more detail why the Democrats had to take this course of action:

· Most important decision a President makes is to put American lives at risk and go to war. Many of us supported the decision to invade Iraq based on the national intelligence presented at the time.

· Over the past few months, and vividly last Friday, we've learned that we were given bad information. Americans were intentionally deceived. White House indictments confirm Republicans tried to silence critics and cover up the real intelligence.

· Republicans committed to investigate how national intelligence was used to set the stage for war. Now, they are refusing to keep that commitment. What are they afraid of America learning?

· Republicans must come clean. It is our shared responsibility to be straight with the American people. Stakes could not be higher. That is why we are demanding answers through an unprecedented closed Senate session.