rather than face questions on tuesday, USA mercer withdraws

a sincere hat tip to
talkingpointsmemo, here. . .

rather than appear on the hill
on this coming tuesday for a con-
firmation hearing, william mercer
will instead return to be the u.s.
attorney for montana -- yep. not
a surprise there, at all. . .

how soon can 01.19.09 come?