Fired Washington State USA John McKay, on what Alberto Gonzales could be facing:

"It's apparent that he had a conversation with the president about David Iglesias and David Iglesias was fired six weeks later," he said. "There was real live investigation and the Republicans wanted the indictment out in time to help them in the election, and Iglesias said 'no' and they fired him.

"Now if all of that's true and the attorney general was aware of that when he fired David Iglesias, then he has some 'splainin' to do -- and probably in front of a grand jury."

This isn't the first time that McKay has suggested criminal culpability may attach to Gonzo's conduct. I've had a hard time seeing things evolving very far in that direction, but then again an attorney general doesn't crank up a legal defense fund unless there's a "real live investigation" going on.