INTERLUDE
10:19 And that's it: they're in recess until after a memorial service honoring the late Congressman Tom Lantos, underway in the Capitol.
I did, by the way, write the headline for this article before I knew it would involve an actual corpse.
Here's what Conyers told the Rules Committee yesterday.
10:25 Did Pelosi just cite a book of the Bible called Ecclesiasticus?
10:35 Who planned this service and included a Secretary of State who just lied her head off to Congress yesterday about the grounds for a war that has taken a million lives? This is how you convince people that a defender of human rights just died?
10:39 And then you bring up the Foreign Minister of Israel, a nation that launches aggressive attacks, occupies foreign territory, and effectively maintains an Apartheid state? This is how you convince people that a defender of human rights just died?
10:43 Do no other nations get to speak? Pelosi, Condi, Israel, and family members? Is that it? Is the defender of human rights we are honoring the same Chairman Lantos we watched last year run hearings like this one?
10:48 Hoyer says Lantos was "a giant." "God blessed America when he gave us Tom Lantos."
10:56 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is praising Lantos.
11:01 Joe Biden praising Lantos. "My God" "My God" "My God". Biden sounds like he really cared about Lantos.
11:06 C-Span is switching back to House coverage as service for Lantos continues.
11:09 Apparently they still have 12 minutes to finish the vote on adjourning.
11:17 We're back to the Lantos service where Bono is singing "All You Need Is Love."
11:29 Elie Wiesel is praising Lantos.
11:45 It's still going. A Rabbi is praying.
