The Republican Retreat on Ethics

So Dennis Hastert stampeded the Republicans in the House yesterday to reinstate the Ethics Committee rules that the same guys had changed back in January to protect Tom DeLay from investigation. The vote was 406-20.

The 20 who voted against reinstating the "regular order" on Ethics complaints were all Republicans -- SuperChristians, we bet, every last one -- including our own Patrick McHenry of the neighboring 10th District. What an issue McHenry handed an opposition candidate ... if only there was any opposition in the 10th District!