Media Whores Online and BuzzFlash note that Pickering is a documented perjurer.

THE PICKERING PERJURY SCANDAL -- Bush Nominee Perjured Self

Stakes have risen in the looming fight over the White House's re-nomination of Charles Pickering to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, with the discovery that Pickering has perjured himself more than once in sworn testimony before the U.S. Senate.

The problem has been that Republicans don't mind lying to Congress unless a Democrat does it.