Spot The Irony

Ted is one of the most effective and honest legislators I have ever worked with. He has worked diligently to serve Alaska and has fought to make life better for people in every region of our state. I hope people will not rush to judgment and will let the judicial process work. The process is based on being innocent until proven guilty.
-- Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska

I just keep reading that first sentence over and over again.

That's Sen. Ted "Just A Series of Tubes" Stevens being spoken of by Rep. Don "Bridge To Nowhere" Young, in case you've lost track of your Republican lawbreakersmakers.

Further reading:

• Stevens Indicted
• Stevens: Background and history covering the two years leading up to this indictment
• Young could be the next to go down (oh, please, oh, please)

[added] National Review attempts to grab a little bit of the high ground with an editorial calling for Stevens to resign immediately. Pardon my cynicism, but I'm reading this as a Republican rag recognizing a rout if Stevens persists in running for reelection. They'd really rather have a rookie in the race.

[added] Kevin Drum points to a Charles Homans piece that ran in Washington Monthly last year, "State of Dependency," which covers Ted Stevens's political life from the time before Alaska was a state. Quite good.

[added] Jane Hamsher has the best headline so far.