Although I often disagreed with my Sen. Fred Thompson, I believed him an honorable man. I would disagree that he "caved" on the investigation. He was placed in an unenviable position of serving as Chairman on that committee which was stocked to the last with 'Rats whom were simply NOT going to allow a full-fledged investigation, let alone one without a quick timetable. Thompson tried to be honorable in the matter and actually believed the 'Rats on the committee would cooperate (as they certainly had when he was a part of the Watergate hearings), and was genuinely shocked they had absolutely no intention of doing anything more than obfuscating and letting the clock run out. He was so sickened and disgusted by the conduct of Sens. Levin & Glenn (especially the latter, who was paid off by the Clintonistas by that infamous return to space), that ultimately led to his decision to leave the Senate early after only 8 years. When CNN went to Thompson in doing a "good-natured" puff-piece on Glenn upon his retirement in 1999, the ordinarily cordial Thompson told them they wouldn't want to hear what he had to say about (that traitor). I don't think you could drag back Thompson into that cesspool of DC if you offered him every last bar of gold from Fort Knox.