Ashcroft instead of Rice for several reasons.
Ashcroft is a lightning rod. And the only people who will be upset that his is gone are the way, way far right loonies.
Lose Rice and you lose half the administrations diversity. Reaction to her testimony can be seen as divided.
Finally, there isn't a papertrail behind her quite like there is behind Asscroft. She can weasely around her record, he can't. He has plenty of documentation of not just ignoring terrorism by drastically slashing the budgets for it up to even the week of 9/11. There is nothing in the world that can save him from that record.
Like dimbulb said, and like McCain said earlier today:
Something about a navy boat that ran aground while the captain was asleep. it wasn't the Captains fault but he was the first one tossed off when the axe came down.
Funny how McCain keeps making these statements, it's almost like he not-so-secretly wants to see Bush tossed out on his ear.
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