So much for knowing the truth

I was wrong and I'm sorry.

Remember this? Some key Republicans would prefer that you didn’t.

I started this week with a post about what looked like the birth of a bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission that, according to a Washington Post report…

…would be vested with subpoena authority and charged with studying the events and run-up to Jan. 6 — with a focus on why an estimated 10,000 supporters of former president Donald Trump swarmed the Capitol grounds and, more important, what factors instigated about 800 of them to break inside. 

Sadly, the idea of a commission is looking like it’s dead in the water, after top Republicans who were for the commission until they were against it spoke up. It appears key figures (hellooooooo, Sen. McConnell) are turning up their noses at the idea of applying the same fervor they did to exploring the 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, which left four Americans dead, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens. The Republican-led Congress spent more time investigating that attack — and seeking to pin much of the blame on then-Sec. of State Hillary Clinton — than they did 9/11, Watergate, and Pearl Harbor.

Here’s then-Sec. of State Hillary Clinton during 11 hours of testimony about Benghazi, 2015

As a result of the armed insurrection on our nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6, five people died, including a Capitol police officer.

The hypocrisy of this reversal would be stunning if it wasn’t so expected. An honest exploration into the lead-up to the insurrection just might require some uncomfortable testimony from political leaders. And we certainly can’t have that. As (again) the Washington Post reported: Kevin McCarthy of Jan. 6, meet Kevin McCarthy of Benghazi. The midterms are just around the corner. I’m starting my postcard writing early.