oil for votes: "Per Kevin Drum, the new Senate report says that 'the US treasury failed to take action against a Texas oil company, Bayoil, which facilitated payment of 'at least $37m in illegal surcharges to the Hussein regime'.'     Let's see - and we broke the story here on April 14 that Bayoil contributed to the campaign of Rep. Sen. Don Nickles, who baited Clinton over ... oil-for-food.   The pieces are coming together now.   Bayoil may yet turn out to be the scandal Republicans say it is - but as a Republican scandal."

(Via Night Light.)