Peter Morici Is A Media Whore

Is there anything University of Maryland economist Peter Morici will not say to get his name in the press? The notorious media hound's latest assault on truth is the claim that Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood is bullying Toyota because of the government's stake in Chrysler and GM. (Morici doesn't say this outright -- only that it's "bad optics"... which begs the question, why are journalists asking economists for their opinion of political optics?)