Reid's aides said yesterday that their boss decided on the dramatic, attention-grabbing ploy because he was weary of GOP foot-dragging on a promised inquiry by the Senate intelligence committee into the Bush administration's handling of prewar intelligence on Iraq. We'd had enough press conferences and requests, public and private, ... Now it was time to act.
Quotes about foot-dragging (4 Quotes)
There's nothing but foot-dragging relative to the investigation, ... There's a lot of evidence that the administration went way beyond the intelligence that was provided to them.
It is patently obvious that those promises must be delivered, ... Let there be absolutely no doubt that I and my colleagues will hold republicans to the promises they have made. If there is any foot-dragging, there will be difficulties.
It was unanimous and foot-dragging. It's a pretty sobering prospect to go on international television and pull your pants down as low as we did. We trusted our instincts, we trusted ourselves.