Gerry Connolly actually said...

By not being a member, and the Chinese being a member, they actually can influence all the committees and subcommittees and we can't.

There's no obfuscation here, unlike the Petraeus case. And there's no evasion. There's no lying.

Today's hearing is political theatre. There's not even the pretense of trying to get at the truth.

I count myself, certainly, as an unswerving supporter of Israel, but that doesn't mean I can't be critical as a friend.