re: Oh, come on.
Point out to me the last major government investigation that did not have as its primary--and in some cases, its sole purpose--cutting some political opponent off at the knees. EITHER party.
Precisely my point, Tom. It is the tenor of the times, and you are yet another of its victims if you cannot see - or worse, choose to dismiss - the worth of the concept despite the recent, frequent misuses.
There was a very good reason why I posted the Watergate retrospective under Davin's post about integrity. IMHO, it is the 20th Century's finest example of the Constitution working as the Framers intended.