Specter: No hearings on Patriots

<p>While criticizing the NFL's investigation of the Patriots' videotaping procedures, Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) had refrained from asking his colleagues to become involved, but he still left open the possibility of future congressional hearings.</p>
<p>Yet in a meeting with the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board Monday, Specter indicated hearings are no longer an option.</p>
<p>&quot;I'm not going to call for hearings, because the mood is not right and we've got too many other bigger problems to deal with,&quot; Specter told the editorial board, according to a transcript provided by Specter's press office.</p>
<p>Specter, who in May had called on the NFL to conduct an independent investigation of the Patriots' videotaping procedures, was unavailable to elaborate on those remarks yesterday.</p>