The Rascal told you so

The Washington Post reports today that Peter Fitzgerald, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois (including the Rockford area), was identified on a Justice Department chart as insufficiently loyal to the Bush administration -- as were two other federal prosecutors who ended up getting fired.

So why wasn't Fitzgerald fired? Because, as The Rascal noted here and here, Fitz was made politically radioactive by his assignment to the CIA leak case -- especially in light of his prosecution of Scooter Libby. They couldn't fire him without creating a huge political stink.

But, of course, a huge stink ensued anyway.