They would continue to proclaim, after having compromised our national interests, their loyalty to the nation and their commitment to value-based politics. They would repeat ad nauseam how foreign agencies have tried destabilising the nation in order to thwart the steady march towards globalisation. By George, this will not carry conviction. I trust Arun Shourie, the crusader against corruption in public life, will agree, and that his sphinx-like silence will not be interpreted as an endorsement of the recent murky happenings. There is nothing to probe.
Judicial commissions yield nothing.
They take time, use up scarce resources, and then their findings get consigned to the dustbin. In this case, though, the candid camera has said it all. Only a new leadership and a new political combination can salvage something from the wreck.