Would the committee load up the witness list with plaintiff's experts and use the occasion to help advance the plaintiff's bar's anti-arbitration campaign? Do you even need to ask? More links here.

And: "NBC Nightly News last night led off with 11 straight minutes on the Toyota story. 11! Is this Toyota recall some great national emergency that I was not aware of? You would think they were trying to make a point rather than just report a story...." [Instapundit reader Chuck Allen] Possible criminal-law angles [Peter Henning, NYT "DealBook"] (Bumped Wed. afternoon with new links).