It's All Chris Matthews' Fault

Howard Kurtz finds this gem in Michael Isikoff and David Corn‘s new book “Hubris.”

The phone call that ultimately led to the indictment of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was triggered by his anger at Chris Matthews. And therein lies a small peek at how Washington works.

In the summer of 2003, according to the new book “Hubris” by Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Libby — then Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff — was upset over Matthews’s criticism of the Iraq war.

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