Best Part of Bob Ney's Decision Not to Run

As you probably know, Bob Ney, hip deep in the mess surrounding his financial friendship with Jack Abramoff, has said he's not going to run for reelection this year. But has everyone heard his reason?

Well, as Ney said, "Ultimately this decision came down to my family. I must think of them first." He then said that he could "no longer put them through this ordeal." Well, at least part of that seems to be true. He was thinking of his family. Ney was advised by political buddies that if he walked out of the House on his own two feet (instead of waiting to be tossed out when the Abramoff revelations hit), he'd stand a better chance of making more money as a Washington insider lobbyist.

I don't know about putting anyone through the "ordeal" of bringing in more money for the family. Maybe the ordeal was fewer golf trips to Scotland?