Sometimes it’s good to say NO! First they wanted Bush to testify, and they screamed and cried until they got their way. Then an hour wasn’t long enough, and they got their way. Now they want Rice to testify. Look them in the eye and firmly say, no.
There’s a time to rise above principles,” Republican John Lehman told NBC’s “Today” show, referring to Rice’s stand that national security advisers have never testified under oath before Congress because of a fear it would compromise their ability to have an open exchange of ideas with a president.
Maybe for politicians, but most normal people like to live by their principles.