James Comey's Senate testimony on Tuesday was staggeringly histrionic. It has, as Sen. Arlen Specter suggested, the dramatic flair of the Saturday Night Massacre. Presidential emissaries seeking the signature of a critically ill man only to be headed off at the hospital room door by a Jimmy Stewart-like hero defending the law over the pursuit of power. Frank Capra, call your office.

Related Stories

• BRIDGE Frank Stewart
• BRIDGE Frank Stewart
• BRIDGE Frank Stewart
• Gonzales’s Signature Moment
• Hints From Heloise
• Is There a Docu in the House? Moore Unspools a Second Opinion
• Martha Stewart and the Pros of Being a Con
• Long Out of the Kitchen But Still Taking the Heat
• High Drama — and High Crimes?
• POP STAR PLEA