Unfortunately what he looks like is a partisan hack. It is his responsibility to ferret out the facts and decide amongst the following choices:
1. There were no WMDs for several years but the president was misled by his neo-con advisors.
2. There were no WMDs for several years and the president knew that and lied about it.
3. There were in fact WMDs that are still hidden.
I think that we can eliminate choice 3 right now. It is critically important to determine whether choice 1 or 2 is accurate, even if it hurts GWB. If the Republican party in the person of Pat Roberts keeps protecting him, the party will go down in ashes with Bush. It is much better to openly reveal the truth and save the party. The difference is a choice between a Democratic nincompoop president plus a Democratic congress or just a Democratic president gridlocked by a Republican congress.