Dems warned not to block Goss for CIA It's 'the wrong fight,' says party's top Intel panel member in House

WASHINGTON -- The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committeewarned fellow Democrats in the Senate on Sunday against trying toblock the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss as CIA director, saying thatwould be picking the wrong fight in this election year.

Democrats should ask tough questions of Goss (R-Fla.) at Senateconfirmation hearings next month, but "my view is this is the wrongfight," Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

"To get stuck in a fight about Porter Goss after tough questionsare asked of Porter Goss is not where we ought to be this fall," saidHarman, who has no vote on the matter because the Senate confirmspresidential …