[freedrudge]

A guilty plea would make Ney, a six-term congressman, first member of Congress to confess to criminal charges in Abramoff investigation...

..expected to include conspiracy and false statement -- would probably require Ney to serve at least some time in prison

Ney had entered an in-patient facility in recent days for treatment of alcoholism...

[no dems]

would probably require Ney to serve at least some time in prison

My daddy used to say: "If you're gonna dance, you've to to pay the fiddler."