And the #1 reason for revoking MLB anti-trust exemption is...

Congress can use its time better, especially during a war and potential economic downturn. No one disputes some of the relevant issues of the MLB steroid scandal - the role of organized labor in protecting its members, the regulation of the monopoly power of a multi-billion dollar league, and ethical and health repercussions on society. However, Congressional inquiry only partially addresses the cyclical symptom rather than the pathology of a structural deficiency. All the while, this is the latest way in which legislators have ducked responsibility to their constituents. Evasion, tangents, and nuance often characterize tactical approaches to political discourse, but this present version makes any of its predecessors look somewhat amateurish. The term 'do nothing Congress' is on the verge of being overused. I am not the most well informed person in the world, but I cannot recall the last significant legislative accomplishment. Both the depth and breadth of the declining number of bills being mooted is alarming. More may not necessarily be better, and no one advocates talking merely for its own sake, but it is specious to think that politicians have become ultra-efficient at debating issues and reconciling policy with law. Moreover, taking time away from what many consider doing nothing already to pretend to do something requires a lot of nerve. Rather strange that Congress shows some initiative in investigating shady practices of a fraction of 1% of the people in baseball. The whole exercise and the issues addressed have negligible social benefit when measured against anything this committee could otherwise do. The dodges and weaves away from pressing issues during war, during an election year, are embarrassing, and they could not have come at a worse time as President Bush tries to make a compelling case for adopting democracy. Tough sell if this is the best democracy has to offer.