Guess again, Elijah.
Via Washinton Examiner:
When Republican leaders in 2010 tapped Rep. Darrell Issa to lead the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, a top congressional watchdog panel, Democrats responded with an unusual move.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi passed over Rep. Edolphus Towns, the committee’s most senior Democrat, and tapped Rep. Elijah Cummings to be the panel’s ranking Democrat opposite Issa.
Pelosi never offered much of a explanation for casting aside Towns, who subsequently retired. But Republicans claim Cummings was given the seat because Democrats thought he would be more aggressive in countering Issa, whom they feared would launch partisan investigations into the Obama administration.