Another U.S. attorney fired

Another U.S. attorney has come forward to say he was fired:

SEATTLE - Former U.S. Attorney John McKay said his resignation was ordered by the Bush administration without explanation seven months after he received a favorable job evaluation.

"I was ordered to resign as U.S. attorney on Dec. 7 by the Justice Department," McKay said Wednesday in a telephone interview from Washington, D.C. "I was given no explanation. I certainly was told of no performance issues."

He was fired back in December and said he was leaving, "because it was time for him to move on." I suspect he came forward now because the Deputy Attorney General said the other day that most of the people they had asked to leave were for performance-related reasons. Everybody says this guy's performance was top notch, so he probably came forward because he was po'd.