"As far as I'm concerned it was a blindside attack," Roberts said. "That's not the way to run the intelligence committee. We really politicized it, and I think that's most unfair."

- Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) regarding the closed session to discuss pre-war Iraqi WMD evidence

"This is an affront to me personally," said Frist, a Tennessee Republican. "This is an affront to our leadership. It is an affront to the United States of America, and it is wrong."

Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) regarding the same session

FACT: Senate Republicans called for closed sessions SIX times during the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton... who was later acquitted.