Scooter Libby Sentence Commuted by Bush

This is a little bizarre to me. If, as some argue, Libby's memory was notoriously bad, and he didn't really perjure himself, then he should have been pardoned--not had his prison sentence commuted, but the $250,000 fine left in place. If Bush felt (correctly) tht Libby was pursued purely for political reasons, since the special prosecutor figured out pretty early that Valerie Plame's identity leak was not a crime, then again, a pardon makes the most sense.

Still, to hear Democrats whining about a light sentence for perjury by a White House official is pretty funny. Okay, this wasn't about sex. Since Libby didn't leak Plame's identity, it wasn't about anything!