Was Big Mac right to go silent on roids?

Sports Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski says Mark McGwire’s silent act before Congress may have been the best thing he could have done, seeing A-Roid’s laughable lies, Barry Bonds’ perjury trial and Roger Clemens’ potential perjury trial or reverse lawsuit, and more.

Here’s the key graf of Big Mac’s comments from back then:

McGwire: Asking me or any other player to answer questions about who took steroids in front of television cameras will not solve the problem. If a player answers no, he simply will not be believed. If he answers yes, he risks public scorn and endless government investigations.

All true.

But, Bud Selig on the one hand and the players’ union on the others are the prime culprits, more than individual players.