Jay Rockefeller is a stone moron, Part II

Jay Rockefeller, on the Senate floor, speaking in opposition to the Bingaman amendment:

Mr. President, Senator Bingaman, who I greatly respect in all ways, has offered an amendment altering the liability protections of Title II. That's it. His amendment would postpone the implementation of the liability protections until after 90 days [after] the submission of the final report of the Inspectors General required under Title II. Now, I appreciate the Senator's desire to have more information out there, but I want the Senate as a whole to contemplate what we're asking here. We're talking about a year for the Inspectors General to complete their report. Well, you know, does it really work that way? Is it really a flat year? Are we going to send out federal marshals to have them all do their reports on the exact day? It'll probably stretch a little bit. Maybe it won't, maybe it will. But you can't assume it won't. And you've got to add on 90 days. And then you could get to the question of the immunity.

Uh, hey, good question, Senator! What will the Congress do if the Inspectors General don't complete their report on time? Or complete it at all? Or even start it?

Send out federal marshals? Ha ha! Yeah! Ha... oh, wait. That's actually a serious problem. What if the Inspectors General don't do the report?

Seriously. What if they just don't?

Why would they? What are you gonna do? Cut their budget so they will have even less chance of doing it? Pass a law saying the law saying they have to do the report is "exclusive?" Subpoena them? Hold them in contempt? Impeach the president?

So Rockefeller opposes the Bingaman amendment because the Congress has no way to make sure the IGs will finish on time, or finish at all.

What a damn moron.

How do all the people who feel certain the bill ensures "accountability" like that one?