I CAN'T IMAGINE how he even considered not doing so. After being more than reluctant, Zapatero will finally appear before the panel investigating the March 11 Madrid bombings:

Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is willing to appear before the parliament's commission investigating the 11 March terrorist attack in Madrid, officials said Monday.

The announcement was made by Socialist Party (PSOE) official Jose Blanco, who explained that Zapatero's presence at the hearings would serve two purposes.

According to Blanco, Zapatero's testimony will attempt to shed some light on the causes behind the rail attacks.

His evidence could also contribute to adopting measures aimed at preventing future attacks of this type.

Of course, coming from the government-owned EFE news agency, they simply had to include this biased bit to support the boss Zapatero:

Aznar's government lost the general election three days following the terrorist atrocity after many voters appeared to believe the former Popular Party administration refused to blame Islamic terrorists in case it would backfire on them in the elections.

Instead, they continued to blame ETA, the Basque terrorist group, in an apparent effort to deflect attention from the fact the bombings were launched because of Spain's support for the Iraq war.

As I've said before, this is less than clear.

Far from it.