CNN winds out their (not to shabby) coverage of the immunity showdown's secret session in the House with a quote from one of my favorite Congressional smartasses, Rep. Dave Obey.
Secret sessions were common in the early 1800s, but the House has held only three since 1830, not counting Thursday's, according to the Congressional Research Service. The third was in 1983, to discuss U.S. support for efforts to overthrow the government of Nicaragua.
Rep. David Obey, a veteran Wisconsin Democrat, said he took part in that session and the two previous ones, in 1979 and 1980.
"And I think the great utility of having another one, given the mumbo-jumbo I heard in the last three, is to demonstrate the almost total uselessness of secret sessions," he said.
Makes ya just wanna shake his hand.
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