OR maybe he's guilty. If he's innocent of all this BS, his stepping down just gives more power to the deranged rats. It proves to them you don't have to be guilty of anything. They can now with impunity say, "Now...who's our next target to take down"?
Somewhere down the line the Repubs have to say, 'enough is enough'.
I assume he's innocent until proven guilty. Delay to way too respected by his peers to just assume this is guilt. I agree with Krauthammer, Delay is doing this for the 2006 election and keeping the Republican majority. Abramoff is going to be a long haul even if he's innocent.