Mary said... <<Lori, thanks for getting into the SUBSTANTIVE reasons why Chavez's nomination was so controversial. If she had not withdrawn her name from consideration, our national conversation eventually would have gotten beyond the situation involving Marta Mercado and into the broader issues. ... In my previous post, I commented only on the Mercado situation, since that's what we had been discussing. But for me, as I suspect, for many, that was only the outermost tip of the iceberg.>> I completely agree! I was trying to express this in my original message but Lori and Mary said it way better than I did. I think it is sort of ridiculous that Chavez was hounded about this issue - so small, really - but I think that there were all sorts of other issues that made me question whether she would be fit in the position... And I was hoping those would come up. Now it seems like they won't have to. -Yael
