But, of course, to be fair, he was asked to meet with them, and he met with them. There was never anything said about coming away with any solutions or, indeed, any fresh information whatsoever. With the nomination likely to clear committee and be presented to the Senate as a whole, we’ll see how many Republicans challenge it and how many are willing to pretend Blanche’s purported backoff is genuine and binding. I didn’t find any results, however, and the Iranian report suggests that all that scrutiny didn’t resolve things. Mike Peterson has posted his "Comic Strip of the Day" column every day since 2010.