Barack Obama: “We're hopeful that something can get done in that committee.”

It was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.