The Kerry "Bush Lied" crowd is back onstage with their sequel: Bush Lied Part II. An attentive critic would fault them for lack of originality, for the plot line and characters are virtually unchanged. Most people do not realize it but the Republicans do not have an operational  majority on the critical Senate Intelligence Committee and that Committee has been busily engaged in reprising the theme (which should have been discredited with the collapse of the Plame disinformation campaign). As Byron York reported: As the Senate Intelligence Committee struggles to complete its investigation into prewar intelligence, some Republicans have become increasingly concerned that they are at a disadvantage in the bitter and partisan fight over what is known as 'Phase Two' of the probe. 'We don't have a majority on the committee,' says one Hill Republican, noting that while the GOP, of course, maintains formal control of the committee — there are eight Republicans and seven Democrats...(Read Full Post)