It couldn't have gone any other way, of course, not after the debacle on Capitol Hill the last couple of days. (Then again, John Koskinen still has a job, so nothing is impossible.) But if this goes as Washington business typically does, the political class will consider this the end of the story because the always-wanted pound of flesh was acquired. The Secret Service was a mess before Pierson. In fact, she was supposedly appointed based on her ability to fix it.