Rehabilitating Ken Lay

I tend to agree with Richard Cohen's piece today on the Congressional grandstanding during Ken Lay's appearance, which I commented on several days ago.

The Congressional Jackasses certainly did not comport themselves very well, but that doesn't change my feelings for Ken Lay. At the least, he peddled influence to cut deals (political and financial) helpful to his company. If he didn't know what else was going on at his own company (which is his latest claim), he certainly should have. And if he did, he's despicable. Neither possibility is favorable to him. But hey, that shouldn't stop the Chron from attempting to rehabilitate the (former) Greater Houston Partnership BigWig, should it? Poor Ken, a competent and generous man whose fault was letting his employees run with their dreams. Yeah, whatever.

[Posted at 23:32 CST on 02/19/02] [Link]