A pained TPM Reader checks in ...

I wouldn't expect anything different from Pat Roberts and his attempts to justify, mollify and cover-up Bush's failures, but Jay Rockefeller is clearly the tool of the man. He appears with Roberts on the news shows, and he either shills for Roberts or is totally ineffective in pointing out Roberts' efforts to cover-up. I can't be mad at a Republican for acting like a Republican, but I am upset at the ineptitude of my own man.

Too true.