Charlie has a quick quiz on which item the ‘Rats regret bringing up more (er, it’s only “most” when there are 3 items) – The Abramoff Scandal or The NSA Wiretap Issue.
At this point, I’ll go with the Abramoff Scandal. It is now clear that Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) used his influence to affect legislation in the favor of Abramoff clients in exchange for campaign contributions from same.
Of course, if it comes out that NSA intercepts did help out in busting up the planned Al-Qaida follow-on attack on the Library Tower in LA (the linked AP story from breibart.com says that President Bush neither confirmed nor denied that the NSA intercept program helped bust up the attack), the ‘Rats will really rue bringing that up.