Brendan Nyhan

Susan Collins: Best no comment ever

Dana Milbank captures a classic no-comment by Susan Collins on the plight of her colleague David Vitter:

Though they ultimately rewarded his contrition with a standing ovation, some colleagues weren’t sure they liked the smell of things, either. “I don’t have any thoughts,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said of Vitter as she arrived. She reconsidered. “I have many thoughts,” she revised. “They’re just unexpressed.” Did Vitter break the law? “I’m not an expert in prostitution law, I’m pleased to say,” she replied.

You know things aren’t going well when you have to clarify that you “have many thoughts.”