Why not?

The news that Abu Gonzo has skipped his well deserved Easter rest, and has been cramming furiously for his upcoming appearance before Congress, forces Blog Simple to ask the obvious question, "Why not just take the Fifth?".
Certainly, if DOJ employee Goodling can fall back on her right not to incriminate herself, that choice must be available to her boss as well.
Until Feckless Leader works up the gumption to tell Congress that he won't have any executive branch workers testifying before Congress because it violates the separation of powers, and that the GWOT has obligated him, in order protect national security, to assume the powers to tax, spend, and oversee, and in doing so Congress as well as the courts are pretty well as superfluous as tits on a boar-hog so they all should just go home and shut up, the Fifth is probably the best option.