If I'd known I wouldn't get away with it, I might not have done it.

Otherwise, I'm an honest, upright kinda guy.

That may be what Kyle Sampson is thinking as he testifies, but Kyle Sampson is just a toady.  The real question is about the AG.  Is Alberto Gonzales' goose cooked?  Is Gonzo an honest, upright kinda guy? The New York Times reporter covering the hearings this afternoon writes:

Even those Republicans who have so far been loyal to Mr. Gonzales have complained that the dismissals were accompanied by poor communications and poor explanations, points that even President Bush has conceded. With new doubt cast on Mr. Gonzales’s candor, or at the very least his memory, support for him could further erode, despite President Bush’s insistence that he wants his old friend from Texas to stay on.

Under questioning from Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, Mr. Sampson said he did not recall a single instance in which someone from the Bush administration suggested removing a United States attorney for “an improper reason.” But over all, the questions and answers cast Mr. Gonzales in an unflattering light.