Oh, right .. Republican sleaze move of the day

House Republicans today approved a change in party rules to prevent their majority leader, Tom DeLay, from having to step down from his leadership position should he be indicted in an investigation in Texas.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/17/politics/17cnd-dela.html?hp&ex=1100754000&en=dbda0f0b9420840f&ei=5094&partner=homepage

The change, proposed by Representative Henry Bonilla of Texas, was approved this afternoon in a voice vote, with only a handful of dissenters. One of them, Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut, called the change "a mistake."Republicans adopted the old rule in the 1990's, when they were in the minority and were trying to put the focus on investigations of prominent Democrats.