In the brouhaha over Tom DeLay’s alleged ethics indiscretions, the Dems bitched and moaned about how the House Ethics Panel wouldn’t make themselves available to look at the case.
Too bad for the Dems that there was a person further up the ethics panel than DeLay,
When the partisan impasse over rules and procedures on the House ethics committee ends, the first member to face the panel won’t be House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, but rather Democrat Jim McDermott of Washington.
The Seattle-area congressman, one of the most vocal critics of Republicans, has been under investigation by the panel since last year over his role nearly nine years ago in the illegal taping and distribution of a phone conversation involving then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Buh-bye Baghdad Jim.