Got Him!

Probably no one else in the blogosphere will bother to note this bit of happiness, so I figured I should at least mention it.

According to today's NY Times (Lead story! Damned liberal media!), the erstwhile bug hunter has himself been squashed.

I haven't been following the saga closely, assuming hoping it was just a matter of time before Delay got brought to justice, but it seems that a second aide to the former House majority leader has recently pleaded guilty to corruption charges, in connection with the Jack Abramoff scandal. Both aides are said to be cooperating with the Justice Department, as is Abramoff himself.

From the Times's story (emph. added):

Bill Miller, a leading Austin lobbyist close to the Republican leadership, said Mr. DeLay called Gov. Rick Perry Monday night. Mr. Miller quoted Mr. DeLay as saying "I don't want to be a distraction" and said he had maintained that his decision to drop out of the race had nothing to do with any pending criminal action.

In an interview Monday night, Richard Cullen, Mr. DeLay's principal criminal defense lawyer, said that his client had been pondering a withdrawal from the race for some time and that "it had nothing to do with any criminal investigation."

Uh huh.

The formal announcement about wanting to spend more time with his family is expected soon.

(Thanks to dubyasworld.com for the image.)