[RegulatorCountry]

What about the one claiming Congress is now largely ceremonial?

That gem fell out of Leon Panetta’s capacious mouth, if I’m not mistaken.

[RegulatorCountry]

Yep, it was Panetta:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxT5xcfCQpI

[I am Richard Brandon]

"What about the one claiming Congress is now largely ceremonial?"

It's true! With spineless RINOs running the House and lapdog Dems running the Senate, they could not organize a party in a brothel (a task apparently delegated to the Secret Service).