Hmm...let's see - now why would Kerry want Condoleezza Rice to testify publicly before the 9/11 commission? It seems pretty obvious to me - partisanship is tearing the commission apart. Why put her up there other than to parade her around while she is torn down by Democrats?

"If Condoleezza Rice can find time to do '60 Minutes' on television before the American people, she ought to find 60 minutes to speak to the commission under oath," Kerry said while campaigning Saturday.

But wait, she's already spent more than four hours with the commission testifying. She publicly stated that she would like to go back and testify again. But since it's not public and the Democrats can't publicly attack her, I guess that doesn't count?

Perhaps I'm being a bit too partisan here, but come on now - what rationale can you give that would make me belive that forcing Dr. Rice to testify publicly is anything but a partisan move by the Democrats? And what does it accomplish? She's already testified - there's no reason to force her to do it publicly.

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