[MtnMover]

I think that you will find that this is a general practice in government, liberal or conservative. Politicians do it, government's do it, public universities do it. The longer they stay in public service, the more frequent it gets done. That's the pattern.

[LarryLied]

But Democrats are never called on it. Do you have any doubt that if Tom Delay's wife began working for a company invovled with National IDs at the exact time congress was looking at the issue that it would be front page news?

NativeNewYorker...I was wrong. Linda didn't begin working for Intelli-Check a week ago. That is when she told congress about it. She began 6 weeks ago--enough lead time to plant a story in Parade (they used to dummy up the mag 2-4 weeks ahead, don't know it that is still the case).