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Editor, Index-Tribune:
Attempting to defund Planned Parenthood, brazen liar Sen. Kyl (R-Az.) charged that "well over 90 percent" of its activity was abortions, when factually, abortions are only 3 percent of its work.
When called on the lie, Kyl had such contempt for our intelligence that he offered the preposterous alibi that his remark "was not intended to be a factual statement" which means he intensionally lied.
The true shame is that Kyl's Big Lie was made on the Senate floor. Our Constitution (Art. I, Sec. 6, Par. 1) protects him and all legislators, within either house, giving them free passes to lie at will.
If he'd made that charge outside of Congress, to public or media, it would have violated the Federal False Statement Statute (Title 18, US Code, Sec 1001), subjecting Kyl to possible $10,000 fine, or five years in prison, or both - unless 18USCS1001 is another law from which Congress exempts itself!
Field Greaves
Novato
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Members of the US congress are the most honest and trustworthy humans on the planet......< that was not meant to be a factual statement.
It'll be tough to get legislators to create laws that will compel them to live under the same laws of we the people whom they rule. Though they do reflect the lack of integrity of the populace who too often seek improper, unconstitutional governance.