You mean like "yes he should go BUT Hastert (or anybody else) shouldn't be blamed for his misconduct" ?
Why don't we say, "he's gone", pat ourselves on the back, and ask why the Dems would allow Ted Kennedy to chair the Judiciary and Armed Services committees if they should take the Senate?
"Billy did it too..."
When I offered up that explanation for my behavior, my mother usually responded in two ways: "I'm not talking about Billy..." or "If Billy told you to jump off a building would you do it?"
Ted Kennedy is in the Senate because the good people of Massachusetts believed his lame ass excuse in 1969 and continue to re-elect him to office.