Now He Tells Us

As the Houston Chronicle reports, Jeff Skilling's lawyer Daniel Petrocelli tossed him what's known in legal circles as a softball question:

"Did you ever have a single conversation with someone at Enron in which you said, 'We're not cutting it, we've got to break the law. Do it!' ?" Petrocelli asked.
"No," Skilling replied. "I don't think I did anything remotely like that."

Skilling is that he has kept his temper in check under the gentle questioning of his lawyer. I'm guessing that prosecutors are looking to get under Skilling's thin skin when they get a crack at him. I'm waiting for Skilling to tell the government they just don't get it.