Yep.

Defenders of the status quo are definitely digging in their heels.

What do you suppose will happen when the deep water drilling moratorium block is appealed-- perhaps ultimately to the 5th Circuit? Both parties must break out their bigger guns, I suppose. Could be fireworks.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Big Oil sharks are happy to point fingers at BP. "We wouldn't have drilled the way they did" is the universal response from other oilmen in congressional testimony.

You can tell the really bad guys from the sorta bad guys: they eat their own.