Congressional Oversight is a Bitch

I know that I tend to make too much of these things, but I find Sen Specter's comments stunning.

From The WaPo,

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, suggested that Gonzales's status as the nation's leading law enforcement officer might not last through the remainder of President Bush's term, pointedly disputing the attorney general's public rationale for the mass firings.

"One day there will be a new attorney general, maybe sooner rather than later," Specter said at a committee hearing where a new round of subpoenas to the Justice Department was considered.

Of course, it was Specter who slipped in the little provision in the Homeland Security renewal bill that allowed the Pres and DoJ to replace USAs in this manner so perhaps he's embarrassed. He certainly should be.