SUICIDAL - AT 3:58 P.M. ET:  There is a particular, if subdued, pleasure in watching the political left engage in repeated attempts at suicide, generally unsuccessful because of incompetence alone.  Now they seem more serious about it.  Not content with taking on the CIA and seeing the negative public reaction, they want to escalate:

House Democrats on Tuesday challenged the accuracy of CIA records showing who was briefed on enhanced interrogation techniques, with Rep. David R. Obey, House Appropriations Committee chairman, saying they have discovered an inaccuracy in the records.

The dispute over the accuracy of the records sparked fierce partisan bickering after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, said last week the CIA lied when it said its records showed she was briefed personally on harsh interrogation tactics as far back as 2002.

In a letter to CIA Director Leon Panetta, Mr. Obey, Wisconsin Democrat, said that in light of the controversy, he wants the record corrected on the 2006 briefing.

COMMENT:  We have tracked David Obey here before.  He entered Congress in 1969, 40 years ago.  His first actions in Congress were attempts to destroy the American action in Vietnam.  Just last week he boasted that he now wants to do to Iraq and Afghanistan what he did to Vietnam.

And he's the point man for the Dems on this CIA matter.  Trust him?

Having David Obey as a committee chairman today is somewhat akin to having those old segregationists as committee chairmen during the civil rights era. 

And people criticize the Republicans for being extreme.  Unbelievable.

May 19, 2009