You are absolultely correct. Yes, the 'rats are piling on and their motives are not pure. That does not mean that we should automatically take the opposite side than the democrats on this issue. We should do the right thing, regardless of what the 'rats say or do or what their motives are.
Actually, the smart ones -- Daschle, Hillary, the NYT -- aren't piling on. They know that the chances are that Lott can blackmail the GOP out of showing him the door. And they know that would be God's gift to the Democrats, long term. Gotta learn to think long range, think strategically. Dubya does. Hitlery does. But we have quite a few people around here who think emotions are tools of cognition. They aren't. Look at the fundamentals. Think 2004, think 2008. Think about the future of the country. How is saving Trent Lott from his own stupidity good for the future of the country? I know, I know: what more harm can he do? That's what they said about Clinton, and look how that turned out.