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Politicians are dumb. Maybe that's not news to everyone, but I keep finding confirmatory evidence. Since I am lazy - here is a much more well-thought out response to the "open letter" by Danny Sullivan. As he says:

You want to have hearings? Take a look at that. But this waste of time exercise over Google-DoubleClick? Approve the deal, and let's move on.

It is challenging when politicians can't accurately represent what companies like Google and DoubleClick actually do yet feel the need to comment on it and make mis-representations in order to urge action.