Salon.com Politics: "Another hole today in Tom DeLay's sinking ship: Ten former members of Congress, all Republicans, sent a letter on Friday to the House leadership saying they believed that recent revisions in House ethics rules were an 'obvious action to protect Majority Leader Tom DeLay' from investigation. They called for the changes to be reversed 'to restore public confidence in the People's House.'

The 10 former lawmakers who signed the letter have all been out of Congress since the late 1980's; they described themselves as former members 'who served under impeccably honest leaders.' That may be stretching the concept a bit, but their bottom line seems to be that, well, at least a basic appearance of integrity is important."

(Via Salon.)