Just a quick correction to my Friday posting in the interest of complete accuracy: Senator Leahy was still a few weeks away from being Chairman on the day of the May 9, 2001 event, because Sen. Jeffords had not yet defected. But the substantive point is the same, because Sen. Leahy had become Chairman by the time the process of holding hearings started. The Senate switched hands shortly after the May 9 event.
