You might also be interested to know that David Van Os was an associate in the law firm of David R. Richards.
http://www.vanosforsupremecourt.com/vanos_biography.htm
For those of you that haven't made the connection yet, David Richards is the husband of Ann Richards, the former Governor of Texas that was defeated by George W. Bush.
Do you smell a bit of vendetta here?
I just knew Ma Richards, aka the Thorny Rose of Texas, was going to end up somewhere in the middle of this. It just wouldn't be a good old fashioned Texas political scandal without her. I mean, before now you had all the other components: Dan Rather and family, Ben Barnes, perhaps even Begala & Co but one thing was missing: Ann Richards. Well, here she is!