Meanwhile, in other news (WaPo): "A White House document shows that executives from big oil companies met with Vice President Cheney's energy task force in 2001 -- something long suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress."

I need to get one of my economist friends to walk me through the declining marginal value of Bush scandals/lie revelations under current circumstances.

Late Update: TPM Reader PJ cuts to the essentials: "The significant thing here is that Cheney remained silent while his cronies in the oil industry lied to Congress. He knew they were lying, and said nothing."