Predictably, the House Oversight Committee's vote to hold Eric Holder in contempt started talk of impeaching Obama. Indeed, Rick Perry fed that fire today on "Face the Nation" by calling the White House's behavior "Nixonian." But a few miles down the street on "Fox News Sunday," Darrell Issa may have shot that talk down by saying that he's found no evidence of White House involvement.
WALLACE: Question: do you have any evidence that White House officials knowingly were involved in these decisions, that they knowingly misled Congress and are involved in the cover-up?
ISSA: No, we don't. And what we are seeking are documents we know to exist, February 4th to December, that are, in fact, about Brian Terry's murder, who knew, and why people were lying about it, and get to the truth. That's all we want.
Eric Holder ends up being the custodian of the documents. We would go to the deputy attorney general just as easily if he would give us the documents. That's all we are looking for is documents, which are internal to the false statement and not part of the deliberative process, you know --
WALLACE: I just want to be clear. We've got to get out. No evidence at this point that the White House is involved in the cover up?
ISSA: And I hope they don't get involved. I hope this stays at Justice. And I hope that Justice cooperates, because ultimately, Justice lied to the American people on February 4th and didn't make it right for 10 months.
Granted, Issa is a stopped clock. But he could have thrown a bone to the wingers by saying, "We don't know if they are or not--the administration needs to come clean." The fact that he didn't do so shows he at least has some integrity--especially considering the teabaggers have been trolling about for an excuse to impeach practically since the day this House was sworn in.