John: My point was not that a pardon is in order just because one of the BP agents was beaten in prison. Rather, my point was political; what Derb has called “the administration’s cloth-eared approach to illegal immigration” (Cloth-eared? Is that a Britishism?) has resulted in deep wells of resentment among grassroots conservatives. If the Democrats ever get a clue, this case could spin out of control for the White House.