From TPMNo one will ever say "poor Chuck Schumer."
But Chuck is in a bind, to be sure. He's never been shy about taking credit. And when the White House was reportedly musing about selecting someone like Ted Olson to replace the attorney general who Schumer helped drive from office, Schumer didn't hesitate to publicly recommend a "consensus" candidate like his old acquaintance Michael Mukasey.
But after Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) finished with him, Mukasey was a consensus candidate no more. And given a second chance, he still refused to call drowning someone (under controlled circumstances) torture.
Now, as we said yesterday, it all comes down to the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which Schumer is a very vocal member. And with four Democrats already coming out against Mukasey, Schumer's in the novel position of being one of the key swing votes, reports The Washington Post:
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