What digby said . . .

digby: Excuse Me Chuck

.. but would you please go Cheney yourself?

Hours before President Barack Obama is to give a high-stakes health care speech tonight, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, warned him to steer clear of attacking Republicans.

On a conference call with Iowa reporters this morning, Grassley said Obama was elected to "lead this effort."

"It would be a mistake tonight for the president to blame Republicans for not going along with legislation that puts the government in charge of health care and adds to the deficit," he said.

No, the mistake is that Democrats ever thought this jackass was bargaining in good faith.