An Exercise in Ineffectual Insincerity

In a laughable attempt to have their "lack of ethics" rules rammed down our throats, House republicans agreed to investigate Tom Delay's ethics violations of the House Dems agreed to accept rule changes that would allow the republicans to dismiss ethics charges if a vote in the Ethics Committee was evenly split along party lines. Considering there are 5 Democrats and 5 republicans on the House Ethics Committee, the Democrats in an uncharacteristically wise move declined obviously insincere offer.