Buried under the news that Rice will testify under oath to the commission, is the new information on how Bush and Cheney will testify. Not only will they do so in private, not only will they not be under oath, and not only will the testimony be cut off after just one measly hour–but now they tell us that Bush and Cheney will appear together. Meaning that they will not even testify for an hour each, but more like just a half hour. And perhaps a huge chunk of that time will be dedicated to pre-written opening statements. In the end, neither Bush nor Cheney will have to answer more than just a few questions each.

Isn’t it great how Bush and Cheney are bending over backwards to help the committee?

By the way, expect Bush to claim later that it was their intent from the beginning to have Rice testify; this will fall in with Bush Revisionism that says that he intended to get Congressional approval and U.N. support for the Iraq war all along, and that he had stated before the election that he would allow a budget deficit if he “hit the Trifecta” of recession, national emergency and war. All of those claims are completely false.