This is the key to what some of us have been saying McGrath. Fortunately, some people even on Bush's side of the political isle have seen the potential for harm to our system of government inherent in the political shennanigans these political opportunists have been pulling...

The decision by the White House yesterday to distance itself from the dispute was seen as an acknowledgement that Mr Bush's previous intervention in the affair had raised concerns among fellow conservatives opposed to blurring the lines between the executive and the judiciary.