Harry Reid: Bush Must Not Pardon Libby
By Greg Sargent

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the Libby verdict:

“I welcome the jury’s verdict. It’s about time someone in the Bush Administration has been held accountable for the campaign to manipulate intelligence and discredit war critics. Lewis Libby has been convicted of perjury, but his trial revealed deeper truths about Vice President Cheney’s role in this sordid affair. Now President Bush must pledge not to pardon Libby for his criminal conduct.”

Note that he, like Nancy Pelosi, cast the verdict as a broader indictment of the Bush administration, but did her one better by demanding that the White House pledge now not to pardon Libby.

Meanwhile, White House spokesperson Dana Perino is declining to comment on Reid's call for a no-pardon pledge.