Despite momentum, GOP leadership still against special Benghazi committee

This is sad that a sitting Speaker, a Republican at that, would allow this theater to go on without bringing the full legal power of the U.S. Congress down on those who botched Benghazi...

TheDC: While momentum has been building inside the House Republican conference for a special congressional committee to investigate last year’s terrorist attacks in Benghazi, the GOP leadership is making it clear they still have no enthusiasm for establishing such a committee.

About two-thirds of House Republicans — 153 in total — have signed on to the resolution offered by Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia to establish “a select committee to investigate and report on the attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya.”

But House Speaker John Boehner has publicly asserted that he is against the establishment of a select committee, saying he thinks the best course for examining the attacks is letting the five House committees already investigating to continue their work.

...but he's apparently not alone, as the piece continues. McCarthy and, unfortunately, Issa, are there with him. A scattershot approach over an exclusive focus. And you can bet the media will use the multiple committees to allude to Obama badgering, reinforcing the calls of 'witch hunt' that some Democrats have already claimed. I don't think I need to even mention reelection time for committee chairmen either, do I? This is a disappointingly politicized direction, to say the least.