Just for the record, for it seems I have sowed much confusion among readers, I do not think the actual “scandal” is a very big deal. I don’t mean the scandal Chuck Schumer imagines. I mean the scandal as described by the known facts. That is why I am so vexed by Gonzales (though he has vexed me for a long time). That is why I say this is all self-inflicted. It’s not as if “it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up” is a new observation in Washington.