The Big Question: Will CIA controversy distract Pelosi?

Some of the nation's top political commentators, legislators and intellectuals offer their insight into the biggest question burning up the blogosphere today.

Today's question:

Democrats on the Intelligence Committee say the CIA misled Congress five times since 2001. These claims come as the House is gearing up to vote on healthcare reform. Will the revival of this controversy be a distraction for Speaker Pelosi?

Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) said:

I do not [think it will be a distraction]. We have so much other stuff going on right now. That is an important issue, but no, I think she is a strong leader, and I don't think she'll be distracted at all.

Glenn Reynolds, from Instapundit, said:

If Nancy Pelosi et al. were deceived as many times as they claim to have been, they must be awfully gullible. Now that there's another big government initiative on the table, I wonder how they'll manage to resist the allure of snake-oil salesmen with bogus health-care pitches? So far, things don't look very promising.