From the Weekly Standard Blog:
John McCain released a statement this morning calling for Alaska senator Ted Stevens to resign:
“Yesterday, Senator Ted Stevens was found guilty of corruption. It is a sign of the health of our democracy that the people continue to hold their representatives to account for improper or illegal conduct, but this verdict is also a sign of the corruption and insider-dealing that has become so pervasive in our nation’s capital.
It is clear that Senator Stevens has broken his trust with the people and that he should now step down. I hope that my colleagues in the Senate will be spurred by these events to redouble their efforts to end this kind of corruption once and for all.”
Perhaps this is what Colin Powell meant when he said he was upset about the course of the modern Republican Party. After all, he can’t be happy with the “sterling” Stevens being hounded out of town by McCain, right?
