Americablog: Errors of Commission: the GOP effort to whitewash the Katrina disaster

by John in DC - 9/19/2005 10:15:00 AM

My new Radar column is up:

Fifty-four Republican senators voted against legislation that would have created the independent Katrina commission, and the GOP House is getting ready to pass a bill authorizing a Republican-led inquiry. Their reasoning for rejecting the will of the people? It depends on which politician you ask.

A spokesperson for Senator John McCain says that the senator supports an independent commission. But when pressed if that meant a 9/11-style commission, the response was, “Uh, no.”