There was a method to the madness. The Democrat had been a College Young Republican, but to be anyone in this town you had to be a Rat. So he was under the impression that you can ruin them from within. For years, they managed the two of them to be able to keep a Republican as the Congressman for the area. Later a crazy guy would take that seat, but that is for another day.
Any how, the Dem Chairman told me how it works. A guy comes to you. He wants to be a politician. You befriend the guy. You keep him close, you observe him! Then if he's a drinking man you get him drunk a lot. If he's a pervy guy you take him to the whore houses. If he's a gambler you take him to the track. etc.
His point is, once you know what drives a guy, you can control him.
So what if they tried this on Scalia? He refused! They drugged him and made it appear that he had been with a 14 year old boy? They kill him and then tell the family they have pictures. The family does not want to see the photos most likely, but if they do, they have them. There done.
The family caves in order to protect his memory.
That sounds perfectly logical to me.
That fits.... You got my vote