[MarkT]

The Ethics Committee is an abomination. Sen. Reid (D. NV) has already stpped aside, ostensibly because of personal reasons - friendship with the accused. Sen. Inouye (D. HI) is acting chairman and has already said he would like to go away. These guys have no ethics themselves.

But even if they had this guy on tape with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing about the pay-off, they would not vote to send it to the Senate, nor would the Senate vote to convict, censure, etc. That act(s) would endanger the Senator who is in an election challenge in N.J. and with the present split, if Sen T. lost in Jersey, the Senate would change hands. No advantage there - the Democrats will deep six this just as they did with the Clinton trial.

[bimbo]

Sen. Reid (D. NV) has already stpped aside, ostensibly because of personal reasons - friendship with the accused. Sen. Inouye (D. HI) is acting chairman and has already said he would like to go away.

These guys have admitted they do not want to do their jobs. If the voters of NV and HI were not asleep, they’d take this as a cue to replace the Senators.