I wouldn't like to think Smith hasn't done his thing in the best possible way. You've read how hard is to get a Cannon off a case.
All this must at least tell Biden and the others, when playing politics against these guys you have to play as every which way hardball as they do.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”