Mitch sticks to his message

Sen. Mitch McConnell demonstrated remarkable discipline — well, remarkable something — in an interview last night on CNN with Paula Zahn.

Apparently, McConnell's handlers, or his GOP strategists, or somebody, encouraged McConnell to stress that the Justice Department personnel in charge of investigating the leak are "career professionals." Here's McConnell (and keep in mind the entire segment was only about three minutes long):

The important thing to remember here is that career Justice Department employees, not political appointees, are carrying out this investigation. I think you can make a very strong argument, Paula, that you're most likely to get an unbiased investigation by career public integrity people than you are by some special counsel appointed. So let's let the process go forward.

These career employees are going to pursue this investigation. …

That's exactly the kind of evidence these career professionals ought to look at in pursuing their investigation.

Obviously, there are enough allegations here to warrant the investigation. That's why the investigation is going forward. And it's going forward with incorruptible career professionals at the Justice Department …

It's a lot better for this investigation to be handled by the career professionals. …

Clearly, the allegations raise enough suspicion that it warrants an investigation. But the reason we have investigations is to find out what happened. And I think we ought to take a deep breath and let the professional career people pursue this investigation, because they're incorruptible. …

I have a lot of confidence in the career professionals down at the Justice Department. I know that they are not involved in politics. And you can count on them to do the right thing for the country.

So, to recap, I'm not sure, but I think what Sen. McConnell is saying is that the career professionals should handle this investigation.

Seriously, Kentucky only has to send two people to the Senate — does one of them really need to be this ridiculous?