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Yawn.

I mean, Clarke is under oath, and Condi isn't, and we already know these guys will say anything, so who cares?

And the argument that there's some kind of constitutional reason for her not to testify, in public, under oath is just a smokescreen. Josh Marshall nails it.

UPDATE Heh heh. Daschle calls Condi on her behavior too:

span class="highlight">IWe need Condoleezza Rice, who seems to have time to appear on every television show, to make time to appear publicly before the 9-11 Commission. She is not constrained by precedent from doing that, as the White House has argued. As the Congressional Research Service documented, two of her predecessors have given testimony in open session on matters much less important than September 11. I've reluctantly reached the conclusion that what really constrains Ms. Rice's full cooperation is political considerations.
(via Senate Democratic site.)

"Reluctantly concluded" is rather fine, I think.