Rove flips everyone in the House Judiciary subcommittee the bird today… and the tears rolled. It was said the bawling could be heard clear to Connecticut.

A contempt of Congress vote is possible next week, but only if a set of balls (or spine) can be found among members by that time.

Ex-White House Aide Rove Fails to Appear at U.S. House Hearing

July 10 (Bloomberg) — Former White House political director Karl Rove, defying a subpoena, failed to appear before a U.S. House panel investigating whether the Justice Department prosecuted people for political reasons.

Rove’s action today prompted the House Judiciary subcommittee to rule that his reasons for skipping the appearance weren’t valid, setting up a possible contempt of Congress vote next week.