Back from CNN

Just got back from CNN. As always, the Green Room (the room you wait in before you go on) was more interesting than the segment itself. Got to chat for a while with Mark Mazetti, the LA Times reporter who actually broke the Iraq propaganda story. Interesting guy, young too (I think). It's annoying getting to that age where you're meeting people younger than you doing cool things :-) When we walked in there were a number of Secret Service guys standing guard, which of course meant someone interesting was there. As Joe mentioned, it was Bush's National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley getting his make-up done.

The segment went fine, though I was tired, and looked it. Howie was fair, I thought, and even gave me the softball question about whether this was like the Armstrong Williams scandal. Afterwards, when we got back to the Green Roome, Senator Lugar was there (R-IN). I love that men. I'd traveled with him a lot when I worked in the Senate in the early 90s. He's just a very smart, VERY smart, decent fellow. I know, I doubt he votes the right way on gay issues (or other key liberal issues), but he really is a decent man (I also suspect he'd be winnable on gay issues if people would just work him - why? because he's a decent guy) - it's just unfortunate that the Republican leadership won't let him have REAL oversight over our foreign policy, AND that he won't stand up to them and demand it.